Well, on second thought, sadly, maybe it's not so unbelievable, is it? How many need to die before Teddy's convinced? I wonder if any lefty has ever read any 20th century history or has any knowledge at all about human nature, especially re bullies like Saddam. I'm reading Churchill's WWII books, and the pre-war pacifism and handwringing and delaying and reliance on the useless League of Nations is a carbon copy of what the lefties are pulling now. I'm sure today's pacifists have less noble motives that they did in the wake of WWI (today's just want to dump on the U.S. more than anything), although I don't think true pacifism is noble, just childish and moronic.
Here's Churchill on Prime Minister Baldwin re what to do about sanctioning Mussolini for invading Abyssinia: "It was not until several months after the elections that I began to understand the principles upon which Sanctions were founded. The Prime Minister had declared that Sanctions meant war; secondly, he was resolved there must be no war; and, thirdly, he decided upon Sanctions. It was evidently impossible to reconcile these three conditions." (No kidding, nice sarcasm there, Winston!)