[furball4paws]

I don't know. It would have been real close.

[Gunrunner2]

Maybe. . .but I have real faith in this president. He acts in the interests of America and while it is nice to have allies along, it is not the defining criteria.

The presence or absence of allied support does not define the actions of Bush when it comes to national security. Allied support is not a criteria when determining if going to war is in the national security interests of the US. Whereas, sadly, for Clinton it was.

For Clinton, if he had no allied support then he would think, "Well, I guess it's not a national security interest."

That is lunacy.

Turning over to "allies" the solemn decision as to what constitutes a reason to go to war is an invitation to disaster. Bush knows better.

[ohioWfan]

The military facts are that we could win in Iraq with no allies at all.

That doesn't diminish the wonderful work our allies have done, nor the benefit of having them at our side, but militarily, we could have done this without them.