[cake_crumb]

I respectfully disagree. The countries blocking action in Iraq would block action in Iraq no matter what the president does or says. They need the $$$ from future Iraqi oil contracts because Saddam is into them for billions each. Their economies are tanked, and the loss of those Iraqi oil contracts may be fatal.

Don't follow the newest anti-Bush party line. Follow the truth: follow the money.

[headsonpikes]

CC's advice to 'follow the money' hits the nail on the head.

Google 'odious debts' and follow an interesting legal notion that has its modern origins in the repudiation of Cuba's debts to Spain after the Spanish-American War.

[lucysmom]

Don't follow the newest anti-Bush party line. Follow the truth: follow the money.

Anti-Bush party line?

It may surprise you to know that my reaction to the way he has conducted his foreign policy is a product of listening to what he says and asking myself what results he expects his words to produce. His words are not designed to build alliances, but to assert his position as king of the hill. Not exactly what he promised during his campaign when he said he was "a uniter, not a divider". Or later, as he set out for his first trip abroad when he said that he was going as the "humble leader of a great nation."