re: Beliefs and certainties
There is a huge difference between believing Saddam had WMDs and actually invading his country to ger rid of them.
Because, even if the governments believed, they still needed proofs.
And after they have the proofs, the decision to attack has to be taken.
Plenty of heads of state did believe Saddam had them, but they were never certain and didn't go any further.
Bush obviously didn't wait to be certain.
Raoul