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“A War To End All Wars” By: Robert Gonzalez For those of you who oppose the coming war with Iraq there is little you can now do to prevent it. George Bush has staked his credibility on the project; he has mid-term elections to consider, oil supplies to secure and a flagging war on terror to revive. Our voices are as little heard in the White House as the singing of the birds on Sunday …

…top priority. Like Colin Powell, he hints that “full Iraqi compliance with UN resolutions could effectively be deemed regime change”, even if Saddam retains power, It would be comforting to conclude that Mr. Bush has finally understood that in matters of such international consequence, the US cannot simply dictate its will. But the impulse for this shift lie elsewhere. So if is stating a war is bad then waiting for a war would be worse.