I know I'm going to get ripped apart for saying this....

[sabrina 1]

75. All he had to do was to announce, the truth in fact, that there is evidence now that he did not have

initially that casts doubt on who was responsible for the Chemical Weapons attack.

Then he could have said we would like the UN inspectors to return and finish the work they began by inspecting the rebel sites so that we know, beyond any doubt, what happened.

He could also remind people of the WMDs that weren't there and add that we 'do not want to make such a tragic error again'.

About 90% of the World's population would give him a standing ovation if he did that right now.

The fringe elements would shouted down to the point where no one would hear them. There will always be a fringe element, but they have taken over this country over the past decade.

There is no need to play any convoluted games with this. He has the support of a majority of sane people on the planet who no longer trust the US with these matters after what they have witnessed in Iraq and elsewhere.