The war could have been avoided if all diplomatic means had been exhausted and more time had been spent in trying to disarm Iraq by peaceful means. I remember the first Gulf War and the arms inspectors who went to Iraq afterwards. They seemed to be carrying out their role quite well before they were expelled. There were no inspections for a couple of years. All of sudden, inspectors returned a couple of months ago and there has been a mad and unseemly rush for a resolution to the problem. When so much time has passed, I do not see what harm waiting a few further months could have done to the prospects of disarming Saddam Hussein without military force. It should have been more thoroughly examined.