[trentk]

Translation: we're getting ready to lose BIG and we need an alibi to rally the faithful (aka Bush-haters) in 2008.

[Scythian]

Phlap, you are looking at this in isolation, and through simple eyes, read my above post, there is much more going on here.

The UN is already in Iraq and preparing to delcare the elections invalid, it will be hard to disagree with their report as the danger to voters will be to great, and areas of the country are lawless. Europe must keep Iraq from succeeding if they are to bring the US Military into submission, much is at stake, don't look at it from such a simple point of view ...