>Similar to the war between the states? Hmmmmm, it is true that the Northern states did not wait 12 years to resolve it and then wait even more time to appease others...
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>>This hasn't happened in the past (at least, not to a sufficient degree), but this is exactly what should be sought.
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>So, if 12 years is not enough time for diplomacy to work, and it MUST work to enforce the resolutions, not just talk and inspect and accomplish NOTHING, how long should we wait? I guess if many Americans did not feel that in this case the regime presents a clear threat to the security of the U.S. we could have waited 12 more years...
I don't suggest to wait, I suggest to act. What I find troublesome is when one country, or a few, act unilaterally.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
