TGeribus, I think you are so far locked into a military mindset that you confuse an honourable attempt to avoid war with "dithering." As Little Hawk spelt out immediately after my post, the failure of the UN inspectorate to deliver what Bush wanted - evidence of WMD - was perhaps because, er, there were no WMD.

Your contention that no-one lied is arguable. I don't know about what evidence/intelligence was considered on Capitol Hill, but some of that presented to the British parliament was outrageously hyped. And before banging on too mouch about 1441, try re-reading the assurances Negroponte gave about that resolution's limitations, when he was persuading members to vote for it. Compare that with US admin explanations later of why the "second resolution" was not necessary. No-one lied???