Bush addresses the world- Pending War

[GrayMouser]

If the U.S. truly had the support of the majority of countries in the General Assembly, why not call for a vote?

What better way of showing France, Germany, Russia, China and the waverers on the Security Council that world opinion was against them? It wouldn't have been binding in any way, but it would have had great moral force.

Because they would have got their heads handed to them on a platter - the column of countries supporting the war option was cited as including Canada, Mexico, Pakistan, Chile, and India among others.

Would some of the other governments supporting the war in the face of massive domestic opposition- i.e. most of Rumsfeld's New Europe- have been willing to put their votes on record? (note the absolute silence from Berlusconi in the last couple of weeks)

Cheney is certainly correct that some Middle Eastern governments also support the war but are afraid to show it- but what are they afraid of- Saddam?
No, they're afraid of getting dragged out of their palaces and torn to pieces in the street- hardly an encouraging sign for democracy in the region.

BTW a great overview of the mess the Bushies have made of this can be found at Newsweek

http://www.msnbc.com/news/885222.asp?0cv=KA01

And Fareed Zakaria has been a very strong supporter of the war from the beginning.

Anyway this is all basically moot- from last summer it's been obvious that as long as Bush was in Washington and Saddam in Baghdad that there was going to be war.