Rowrbazzle - a cite for my assertion is Nature v. 427, pp190-195/ . As for unilateralism, maybe you would have been happier with the term “virtual unilateralism.” This administration did not wish to engage the majority of the world’s governments in its push to attack Iraq. This “coalition” is pretty one sided without the participation of the other 150 or so nations from the UN. It was not willing to let the UN inspectors do their jobs. And it turns out they were correct - there was no threat to us at that time. The fact is that we have moved from being one of the most admired and loved countires in the world to one of the most hated. This is the good will that has been squandered by this idiot. This is what I most resent about this administration. That’s part of what I hate most about Bush and his selfish, greedy, paranoid advisors.