UN the only way out of the bloody mess created by Bush and Blair

IN the months leading up to last year’s war in Iraq, it looked initially as if the Bush administration was prepared to follow a UN course.

President George W Bush sought and obtained a first UN resolution.

In or about mid-March 2003 it became clear that a second resolution, on the United States' terms, would not be forthcoming from the Security Council. However, convinced they knew best and certain that the UN (and France in particular) were being wimps, the Bush administration decided to proceed to invade Iraq anyway.