>>> However, France announced that it would veto an affirmative vote, and therefore we didn't bother.<<<
That's an extremely shallow, revisionist even, interpretation as to what actually happened!
The fact of the matter is there was no comfort for Bush's position among the Five permanent Security Council members, except for Britain. And there was even less comfort among the other members of the Council.
Essentially, the only support Bush had was from Britian, Spain, Australia and Italy. And all four of those nations were sporting public opinion polls against the war near the 80 percent mark or higher. Any other support for Bush's war was public relations window dressing.
I mean look at its membership make-up:
whitehouse.gov
Not only did the US include itself in order to get the numbers higher, but it also included Turkey which made the 101st Airborne come late to the war table. Bush's war actually began with the 101st not even there! Now, tell me, has Micronesia, Palau or Latvia ever been so highly regarded by the US? Nice coalition, huh! |
