Reply #77: But the Security Council was against the invasion as was Kerry

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They advocated the reintroduction of inspectors and prodded Saddam, backed up by the threat of force, to allow Hans Blix in. That was the intention of the resolution. To send Bush Back to the U.N. That was the most reasonable approach. The Security Council signaled that it opposed Bush's plan to invade and Bush refused to approve of the Council's plan to convene and vote him down. He then pushed past and forced the inspectors out before he invaded. Multilateralism works if you have a president who respects their role and actually worlks with them to resolve these issues.

This needn't be a zero sum enterprise. There are many things short of war that can be accomplished with a credible excercise of our military as a deterrent. Multilateral diplomacy with the use our military as a last resort.

The truthfulness or lack of this administration in the relating of the threat posed has undone the efficacy of these important relationships between nations. And it has created misgivings about an American military power that was to be guiless in its unassailable defenses.