Colin, that is what I never understood. Bush decided to hang his "war" hat on the most outrageous and least provable claims, and those claims divided the world on the subject. All the fancy naming (coalition of the willing) tried to cover up that only a few countries would really send any noticable forces to the front.
I guess at the end of the day, there was no other way to have this war, the words and the gestures made on both sides pretty much ended up suckering Bush into it. One too many "oh yeahs", he didn't leave himself many options. No war? America would be laughed at for years to come.
I just wish Bush hadn't been so dead set on tackling Hussein so abruptly. It shows a certain lack of strategy...
Alex
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