[CyberAnt]

I don't agree Bush was a failure. What it was was an exercise in exposing the failure of the UN to be accountable for its word. Res. 1441 is a worthless piece of paper to the UN - but not to the "coalition of the willing".

This has been painful to watch, but so necessary. We needed this time to get our military ready ... and ready they are. Now that the military is ready, we have no reason to fool with the UN.

Also ... please understand Tony Blair is a friend, and Bush takes loyalty seriously. And ... don't forget that one of Tony's chief adversaries in his govt just happened to go to Iraq and see for herself. She was overwhelmed and dissolved to tears. She came back to the UK in total support of Tony and totally turned the tide toward the war.

I don't think any of this has been a waste of time!

[Destro]

What it was was an exercise in exposing the failure of the UN to be accountable for its word. --that's the spin that is not why we went to the UN for.