>I do not have any problem with any American speaking out against the war, but I am one American in favor of it.

I wish you were the only one.

>Do you really think the world is going to end before 2004?

World can't end, that's just a biblical story. However, the way it's taking shape today, I doubt it will be likable.

>We have tried diplomacy in Iraq for over 12 years. Is it not clear that it is not working? How many U.N. resolutions need to be ignored before the U.N. says, "This time I really, really, really mean it.".

Exactly. I remember resolutions back when they were 3-digit (424 or 242 was it? I'm bad with remembering exact names), which were permanently ignored for decades. Like those where Israel is requested to return the land it occupied in 1967, which it never returned, despite all the pressure, sanctions, weapons and oil embargoes etc that USA imposed on this country because it has weapons of mass destruction and has a record of using them against neighbors.

Ooops... have I mentioned the wrong guys here? Or are there resolutions and resolutions?

Besides, how does the "if the UN won't back us, we'll go it alone" help the strength of the UN?