Huge public opinion as now against the war.We also had just had a depression.The line in the sand is if Isreal deserves a state.If you believe they do your considered an enemy of Islam.Any threat from that area must be dealt with and quickly.Thats what America has learned from the treaty of Versailles and Hitler working his people into a fever.By the way the French sold wepons to the Iraqis against the resolutions and the government played dumb and anti-war.The Iraqis used Russian and Chineese wepons mostly two more countries agaist the war.The oil for food program was a fraud and so was the UN.If more countries had stood beside us and taken part there would have been far less bloodshed.