[mjshira]

that is not what he is saying.

what he is saying is that those other nations, were they like us and felt a moral obligation to fix a mess they played a part in (in the case of these nations they each were making money off of iraq) such as we did because we made the mess in Iraq partly by supporting SH to offset Iran during the cold war, might view any commitment to military action in a different light than a political one. were Bush as bad a man as we can logically infer you think he might be, why would he jump on a political landmine like Iraq? He did it because he has a vision for this war which is beyond the perspective of many others. What he needs to do better is sell that vision and get others to understand and hopefully follow it.