The recent increased level of attacks on Iraq does not mean the war has begun (although in a sense it has never ended since 91): it is just an attempt to bluff France, Russia, and the rest to get on board the war train.

These attacks are simply aimed at making the war seem a fait accompli, so that other nations give up their resistance in the United Nations

They are losing: keep the pressure on.

Blair cannot go without the UN, whatever he hints: and no Blair, no Bush.