They Want War

"No one wants war," Donald Rumsfeld told the audience at an international security conference in Munich this past weekend. "War is never a first or an easy choice. But the risks of war need to be balanced against the risks of doing nothing while Iraq pursues weapons of mass destruction."

Now, UPI reports that the US is "likely to reject a proposal France and Germany are crafting for beefed up U.N. arms inspections in Iraq, a plan being developed without consulting the United States."

"The proposal, to be presented next week to the U.N. Security Council, would send thousands of U.N. troops -- so-called 'blue helmets' -- and hundreds, possibly thousands, more inspectors to enforce U.N. resolutions calling for Iraq's disarmament."

This sure as hell looks like those "Old Europeans" are trying to do something, and yet the Americans are furious about this. And we're supposed to take the admonishment that Rumsfeld, et al. don't want to go to war seriously?!? Please! The US has essentially defined everything short of war as "doing nothing".