[Pukka Puck]

"A majority of the world wanted to give Hans Bliz at least a few more weeks, and that's what should have happened."

Sez you with absolutely no evidence.

Those countries, like the French, Russians, and Chinese, who wanted to wait a few more weeks, wanted to wait so that the weather conditions would be so unfavorable that there would have been no war, whatsoever. That was the true aim of the delay strategy.

Twelve years is plenty long enough to wait. 1441 called for the IMMEDIATE disarmament of Iraq, not more shilly-shallying. In diplomatic lingo, "serious consequences" does necessarily imply lethal force. It means something else when dealing with your frigging bank or for that matter when dealing with your little kid, numb nuts. Stop being deliberately obtuse or no one will take you seriously.

The difference between twelve years and twelve years and a few weeks, is negligible, thus making your, and your fellow sob sisters', protestations in favor a few more weeks, fatuous.

International democracy, based on one man- one vote, without a constitution and checks and balances, would simply be mob rule, write large. I pray your version of utopia never comes to pass.

[Weirdad]

Great points. Well said.

[RonWebb]

Interesting... I said that the majority of the world wanted to give Blix a few more weeks. You chided me for not offering evidence of this. Then in your next sentence you yourself cite three major nations (France, Russia, and China) who demanded exactly that.

Then you go on to suggest ulterior motives for those nations -- but you offer absolutely no evidence. Nor do you offer any evidence for your interpretation of "severe consequences".

But never mind all that. There's only one question I'd like you to answer: If you don't believe in democracy, then just how do you think international disputes should be settled?