"Mr Bush made it clear he had all but given up any hope of a diplomatic deal when he launched an extraordinary attack on France for pledging to veto any fresh resolution which would act as a trigger to war."

Oh yeah, it was France that started the war... almost forgot...

"I was the guy who said we should vote [at the UN] and one country showed their card - it's an old Texas expression when you're playing poker," he said. "We will just have to take an assessment after tomorrow to determine what that card meant."

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