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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.

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.

I agree. Whether to go the UN route was a very close call to begin with. Incidentally, the main reason we did so was to get world opinion on our side. I guess that idea didn't work out exactly as we have hoped, although to be sure we do have lots of allies and lots of diplomatic support and I have no way of knowing whether our decision to go the UN route was the reason. The biggest surprise was that the French (and others) essentially double-crossed us on Resolution 1441.