NO! Chemical weapons in Iraq???

[Alex]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

My summary of the road to war:
"I think A. You say B. I will continue to think and act on A until you allow me to pursue the path that will prove B."

Ah crap. I've never been good at stopping when I say I'll stop.

The summary you provide there is approximately my road to war. The summary that would be Bush's road to war is:

"I know A. You say B. I will continue to act on A until you allow us to dismantle A."

A turned out to be wrong. In your summary (that is closer to my justification than Bush's) it isn't so important whether A is actually true or not. In the Bush version is is extremely important.

You view the U.N. resolutions as a trigger. I view them as a convenient excuse for doing what they were going to do anyway (and Bush has said as much, that while the support of the U.N. was important it wasn't necessary).