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How we ever expected NOT to get mired down in months of "process" that may very well translate into lost American lives when we DO go to war by going to the UN is beyond me.

Beyond me, too.

However, there are many people who think we needed a delay to build up our military supplies (mostly munitions, etc.), which is a possibility. There are others who suggest that the delay was permitted because we also needed to root out Iraqi/terrorist supporters in this country, as well as carry out the organization of the Homeland Security Dept. and the reorganization of Immigration and the Coast Guard. This is also possible.

But in any case, it seems like it's high time now to do something. I feel that we are definitely going to lose a lot more American lives if this drags on. Not that the UN would care.

That very well could be true; I can't claim to know how much time we needed to build up supplies, etc. If it is, I doff my cap and say: Strategery. Although, whether or not we expected a delay which would help us build up, I *don't* think we expected the level of diplomatic backstabbing. Rumsfeld's demeanor the day after the French worms turned (livid) seems to suggest that.