Bruce:

This is idiocy.

I did not argue for no UN action against Saddam. This is not only a purely theoretical argument, it is one with no associated reality!

I argued against Bush's pushing the US in to a unilateral invasion of a non-aggressor nation.

There are a thousand options Bush could have selected--using PR, sales and marketing, using economics and financial pressure, using better intell, using covert operations, using pressure from Iran, Syria, and other regional voices. Many of these solutions require no violence at all.

It is completely inane superficial logic to posit that those voicing objections to war were responsible for Saddam's irresponsibility.
Flowers or no.

And the reason Bush didn't let the inspections go forward was...???