So, blast him!
This is the flame board and Ed's the nastiest dirtbag here.
He sits there cowling, throwing foul one-liners from his Texas threshold of depravity.
Tell it like it is !
Tell him to....bleep off..........!!!!!!
>"Some believe that Saddam would have been more cooperative if France, Russia, etal had taken a harder line."
No, Frank, I disagree (politely).
Bush and Hussein were dead-locked.
And world opoinion was AGAINST Bush.
He wanted their co-operation....he wanted ANY co-operation, to make his "war" look more justified". The fact they didn't jump like lap dogs, was good enough excuse to demonize them.