[concerned about politics]

PS...

The Foreign Office yesterday acknowledged the documents were genuine....(UK Guardian)

[saleman]

"The Foreign Office yesterday acknowledged the documents were genuine but stressed they were only a snapshot of thinking at a particular time. Nor did they reflect the changes that took place over the following 12 months, in particular referring the issue to the UN, which the White House did at Mr Blair's behest, though it failed to get a second security council resolution authorising war."

There's the whole quote. DU is actively recruiting folks who use partial quotes to justify their position. Trust me, there's plenty of people over there that share your point of view.

[FairOpinion]

The last paragraph of the article refutes all the other claims that going to war was a predetermined outcome.

"The plan set out by the Foreign Office and Downing Street was to go to the UN for a new resolution demanding unfettered access for weapons inspectors. If Saddam failed to cooperate, that would be a casus belli.

A Foreign Office source said yesterday that war was not a predetermined outcome and that if Saddam had cooperated fully, war could have been avoided. "Jack [Straw] was convinced that Bush was prepared to accept that," the source said."