[verity]

"In an interview in Bellevue"

Is that the City or the Institution? ;-)

[RavenATB]

Could be Bellevue, NE, which is a southern suburb of Omaha.

[Reily]

To all
I think its a bit late to say that! (Even though to the rational and those who have read some history, its obvious!)
Remember their is a domestic political aspect to war as well as international political aspect. The time to have done that was right after 9/11 with a formal "Declaration of War" (Yes it would have been a "Unusual/nontraditional" declaration BUT the conditions are "unusual"!)
Instead a half-way political measure was chosen and hence the current 'political' battle where appeasement seems "reasonable".