>>>>I think it's reasonable to say that any sane world leader would do anything to prevent a war and casualties. The difficulty, to me, is where to draw the line between averting a war with diplomacy and solving the problem or averting a war and delaying the war causing even greater casualties.
>>>
>>>I'm suprised to see you think GBW not being a sane world leader.
>>
>>That's not a fair criticism. How many UN resolution was he supposed to wait on? They were up to 17 before the invasion.
>
>UN resolutions are not there to be ignored, and esspecially not if it is for the purpose of a war. We all know that GWB did not care a damn about the facts and what the rest of the world thought of it. They did fabricate their own facts to justify the war. Nothing else.

Walter, it is intellectually dishonest to use words 'we all know' in this context. It might happen that your comrades have the same opinion as yours. However, there are many people who don't give a damn about your opinion.