But world leaders have mixed reactions to the evidence uncovered by U.N. weapons inspectors, and so do Willow Glen residents.

"I don't like Saddam Hussein," said Larry Ames, a member of the Willow Glen Neighborhood Association, who attended a recent march in downtown San Jose. "But I don't like the way Bush is making everything look black or white. I feel like he's put us into a double-or-nothing gamble, and there should be other ways of solving this problem."

The problem, according to the Bush administration, is that Iraqi leader Hussein may be maintaining or developing "weapons of mass destruction."

"I think France and Germany have a little bit more at stake because they're closer to Iraq," said Mike Kimball, 42, as he spent a weekend afternoon with his family at Lincoln Glen Park.

Kimball believes Iraq does pose a danger, but not to the extent that the United States should act unilaterally against Iraq.

"The U.S. should definitely work through the U.N., and do it as a world sanction against Iraq, " Kimball said. "I think that's what we're working for. It can't just be us against them. It's got to be the world who needs to agree."

Other Willow Glen residents feel the United States shouldn't wait that long. Bush's argument is that if Hussein is harboring weapons, he must disarm or risk having military forces enter his country and eliminate these weapons.

"I support the president and Colin Powell," said Vietnam veteran Joe Snell, 59, as he had coffee at Starbucks. "Saddam has been a threat for 12 years, and he needs to go. There just doesn't seem to be any diplomatic way of dealing with him."

Snell's military comrade from the Vietnam War, Tom Abraham, 52, said, "I agree with Joe. I think the inspectors have found enough evidence."

But other locals feel differently.

"I don't think war is justified at this point," said 46-year-old Linda Dionne, whose son attends Willow Glen High School. "Iraq isn't that much of a threat to us yet. If it is, I think we should try to convince our allies first and make it a joint effort."

Others much younger than Dionne concur.

"I think we should only go to war if Iraq attacks us first," said Enrique De La Torre, a sixth-grader enrolled at Willow Glen Middle School.

Nicole Barboa, a ninth-grader at Willow Glen High School, said she has yet to see any legitimate reason to invade Iraq.

Shawn Witzki, 32, a Palm Haven resident, said, "I find this whole situation rather discomforting because invading sets a precedent."

Morris Manji, 30, who has lived in northern Willow Glen for the past two years, said, "I don't think our president is doing what he's supposed to be doing. It's like he's trying to finish what his father started during the Gulf War rather than focus on getting the economy back to the way it was four years ago," before the downturn.