"Bush had decided to go to war no matter what"


No.

Bush had decided that the threat that Saddam posed must be stopped. Since the protestors gave Saddam the idea that he did not need to comply with his "Last and final" chance , THEY are the responsible ones for the war- Bush would have been happy if Saddam had complied.

It was the protestors that declared that the US should NOT act regardless of whether SADDAM complied ( and those nations that promised Saddam that the UN would take no acton against him, even if he did not comply) that are at fault, not Bush for having decided that the threat was one that needed to be dealt with.


Let me see... Iraq was 3 - 5 years away from having a WMD ( by the information available worldwide at the time) ... That means, had it been left to the UN, ( as the situation in Iran has been) Saddam would now have WMDs.

Since he does not, I guess the war was a success.