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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JDN who wrote (372314)	3/17/2003 4:47:26 AM
From: calgal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Dear JDN: No one wants to go to war, but the sentiment I am getting is that it is necessary,for many reasons, most of all to protect the future of the US. At least that is the sentiment I am getting. It is unfortunate, and we all pray for peace and a amicable resolution. It is not fun at all. Westi

To: JDN who wrote (372314)	3/17/2003 4:52:36 AM
From: calgal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Bush calls Monday 'moment of truth' By Laurence McQuillan, USA TODAY URL:http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-03-16-bush-azores_x.htm AZORES, Portugal — Calling it a "moment of truth for the world," President Bush demanded Sunday that the U.N. Security Council decide Monday whether to give Saddam Hussein an ultimatum to disarm. Bush made clear he's prepared to order an invasion of Iraq with or without U.N. approval. Left to right: Britain's Tony Blair, Spain's Jose Maria Aznar, President Bush and Portugal's Jose Durao Barroso. By Scott J. Applewhite, AP "Tomorrow is the day that we will determine whether or not diplomacy can work," Bush said Sunday after a summit here with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar. "The Iraqi regime will disarm itself, or the Iraqi regime will be disarmed by force." The hastily organized talks here, which lasted just more than an hour, were designed to underscore the solidarity of Bush's "coalition of the willing" despite broad international opposition to a war. Administration officials said the president could deliver a speech as soon as Monday night that would give Saddam a final ultimatum. Once Bush gives that ultimatum, war could begin within days. "We have reached the point of decision," Blair said after the one-day summit halfway across the Atlantic Ocean. The meeting was arranged after the United Nations Security Council balked last week at a U.S.-backed resolution that would pave the way for a military campaign. Prospects for a compromise appeared to fade Sunday when President Jacques Chirac reaffirmed that France would veto the resolution. That made it more likely that the United States, Britain and Spain would withdraw the resolution, in part because opponents could use its defeat to question the legality of using force. Those who support the resolution have not mustered the nine votes necessary for passage by the 15-member council. Chirac said Sunday that he would accept a 30-day deadline for Iraq to disarm if top weapons inspectors endorsed the idea. Vice President Cheney rejected the proposal. "It's difficult to take the French serious and believe that this is anything other than just further delaying tactics," he said on CBS's Face the Nation. There were more signs that war could begin soon: The State Department ordered the families of U.S. diplomats and other non-essential embassy personnel in Kuwait, Syria, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza to leave the region and advised other U.S. citizens to depart immediately as well. Military officials said U.S. and British war plans are complete. Scores of U.N. weapons inspectors have left Iraq, according to a senior U.N. official in Baghdad. There are 60 inspectors in Iraq, down from 120 last month. Asked on CNN's Late Edition whether Saddam could do anything to avert war, Secretary of State Colin Powell said, "It's hard to imagine." Though diplomatic maneuverings remain fluid, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll taken Friday-Saturday shows support for sending U.S. ground troops to remove Saddam is 64%, up from 59% two weeks ago and at the highest level since November 2001, when 74% backed such action (Related story: Poll: Most back war, but want U.N. support). The poll also found that 58% say they support going to war in the next week or two, and that 57% believe the Bush administration has made a convincing case for taking military action. Nonetheless, half of all Americans would oppose going to war if the president decided to attack without taking another U.N. vote. If he attacked after a U.N. vote that failed, 54% would support going to war. With U.N. authorization, that support would jump to 78%. Contributing: Judy Keen and Richard Benedetto in Washington, César G. Soriano aboard the USS Constellation and Vivienne Walt in Amman, Jordan