WhistleStop:

Yes, the U.N. was less than eager to go into Iraq militarily.
In fact, that's part of the problem. They didn't want to
go in because there was no urgent _need_ to go in, as they
saw it, and in retrospect (and consistent with what I was
yellling as loud as I could at the time), they were right.

Dubya was planning on going in, though, regardless. In fact,
the records shows that Dubya was planning to go into Iraq
almost from the moment of inauguration.

So who was "less than candid"?   The stories of the nay-sayers
checks out (despite your unsupported allegation), and the Dubya
story is shown to be less than honest at best, and outright
_lies_ in certain instances (for instance, his _twice_ repeated
assertion [read "outright bald-faced lie"] that Saddam wouldn't
let the inspectors in, and refused to co-operate). How can
you trust such a person to "do the right thing"???

                           -- Arne Langsetmo