for me personally, Colin Powells speech was a dissapointment. I think the whole US case has been a dissapointment. Not so much the case against Saddam but the way they went about it. they tried to take too much evidence and stretch it too thin... and included too much flimsy and circumstantial evidence with the hope of building a broader case against him. 12 years of defiance, 16 failed resolutions, Saddams past record of deciet and a refusal to account for weapons known to be in their possession should have been enough. as it was... i had to try to dig up the information on weapons, past inspections and resolutions just to know what the hell it meant when Bush kept saying "Saddam must dissarm"
I think that Blair has totally burried the US adminstration in terms of making a more convincing argument.
the British government in general kicks ass. i love watching the House of Commons. thats a tough crowd... more heckling than a comedy club and and more rambunctious than a high school assembly on a Friday afternoon.
it takes little talent to stand before Congress and read a speech written by the nations best political speech writers. it takes tremendous talent however for Blair to stand in the House of Commons and fight his way through an open Q&A session every few days where everyone is trying to verbally beat your ass on live TV.
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