except the turn out was much lower than they expected.

Do you think this was would be going ahead if America didn't want it? If it's right for America, then it's up to everybody else to make it right for themselves. I doubt very much that if the US weren't involved, then the morral obligation to go to war would most certainly be overlooked by Blair!

To be honest, I don't see how a party could be united over something as controversial as this. You're always going to have MP's standing against the party line on something as important as this, so it's always going to cause splits, people are always going to resign over these sorts of issues. The fact is, I think Labour probably feel faily confident in going against public opinion because the opposition is so divided, and weak. If there was a strong opposition, then going to war at this time could have huge consequences for Labour, however now unless the war itself is a big failure, then I doubt people would vote in the conservative shambles.

choclady, you live in Germany, who untill prior to 1918 only ever had a autocratic leader. People didn't nessesarily want democracy, didn't trust it, and it failed. But ultimately, it was able to succeed, was this just by chance? You could have said 100 years ago that Germany will only ever accept one leader.