On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:41:56 -0800, "mp" wrote:

That's because Bush doesn't see everything in black and white as you are
doing here. He is working diplomatically as much as possible.

You have a short memory. As you don't seem to recall, Bush was hell bent on
charging into Iraq, while the rest of the world was saying let's give
diplomacy a chance


Actually, it was to let Blix (spell?) finish his work, which he did
less than a year later.