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Unilateralism disgraced: the price we all have to pay for Bush's botched tack.(Dispatches)

American Prospect, The,  October, 2003  by Daalder, Ivo H.; Lindsay, James M.

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GEORGE W. BUSH'S DECISION TO GO to war against Iraq was based on three fundamental assumptions: Saddam Hussein's possession of weapons of mass destruction posed an imminent threat to the United States; turning Iraq into a stable and viable self-governing state would be far easier than previous nation building efforts; and, once weapons were found and postwar normality returned, even those countries opposed to the war would want to contribute to Iraq's reconstruction.

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Unfortunately for Bush, Iraq and the world, every one of these assumptions has proven wrong. No weapons of mass ...

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