[arkfreepdom]

It would be nice to have their support but either way Saddam's going down. Who is going to stop us?

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Bush didn't fail. Russia failed. All this talk of going back to inspectors. 'Let's go back to inspectors.' WE CANNOT AFFORD TO FAIL THIS TIME. Perhaps we could afford to fail with the inspector experiment back in the 90s. We can't afford to fail another time. The timeline is too tight now. If we use inspectors, it's like trying to make a record breaking shot with a single bullet. In other words, it would be madness to try. Freegards....

[Andy from Beaverton]

Putin will step up to the plate as soon as we let him take care of the Musli terrorist in Chechnya and Georgia.

[Common Tator]

For all George Bush's threats to act unilaterally if necessary, he is acutely aware that to block the inspections would play very badly, not only abroad, but also at home and on Capitol Hill, where Mr Bush is seeking explicit endorsement of the use of force if Iraq does not make good on its existing broken promises to the UN.

I suspect the bush approval ratings are back near the stratisphere. No congress in the US is going to come down on the side of Saddam against Bush. The Democrats don't have the guts to do it, not if they expect to have any chance at holding the Senate.

The people that write this for the English papers just make stuff up. Of course our papers do the same.

[eclectic]

Let Russians invade Georgia and call it quid pro quo

[A Citizen Reporter]

Curiously, I happened to catch the Russian ministers LIVE press conference this morning on FNC. Though they were guarded in their remarks, I would not say that there is as much dissent in their viewpoint as this British print writer would choose to illuminate.

On a side note...."Unmovic" vs "Unscum"....please, could the UN employ some new rhetoric champions for their so-called "causes".....Geez!

[marron]

If you have studied the subject of "coverups", and I imagine in this forum everyone has, you know that the most efficient coverup is an "investigation".

Second most efficient would be a UN inspections program without US members, US intel, and US infantry backup. If we allow this to go forward, Annan's inspectors will go in for 90 days, give Saddam a clean bill of health, and annouce the end to all sanctions.

And then, if the UN resolutions are our excuse for being there, we are done.

We must make it clear that we are going to act unilaterally, or else give it up. I'm sure Bush has planned for this contingency, but I'm worried just the same.

[harpo11]

What is all this side-show distraction? I'm thinking our President Bush will do what needs to be done irrespective of how others lament that the United States of America, the worlds greatest superpower, must met certain UN and other nations conditions and deadlines before we act.

President Bush has clearly and steadfastly charted a course to rid the world of "evil doers". A great majority of Americans stand proudly with our President and understand the reasons and why we must not back down. America will not be steered away from this course nor will she bow. Never has, never will.

[Joe Brower]

Not surprising. Russia has $40 billion U.S. worth of business on the books with Iraq.

[Brian Allen]

Russia, with a GDP of $300 Billion -- smaller than the Netherlands -- doesn't belong in the Security Council; [Where Japan's $3.9 Trillion GDP doesn't (Like -- gimme a break!) earn it a seat!] knows it -- and has the most to lose FRom any unilateral United States Of American U.N.-irrelevance-rendering action.

Mr Putin likes the trappings of imagined importance way too much to not be at Mr Bush's side when the prizes are being handed out.

Russia is on side.

[wallcrawlr]

Bush fails to win Russian support for tough stance

The title should read

Bush doesnt cave to Russian demands so that they "support" the war