HoustonChronicle.com - Bartimus: Bush playing pre-emptive politics with Iraq situation

"War is failure. We haven't yet worked hard enough to declare that all possible diplomatic, moral or economic solutions have failed.

"Powerful, combat-tested generals agree that the United States has not exhausted all its options to head off war with Iraq. Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. Wesley K. Clark, former NATO military commander; and Gen. Joseph P. Hoar, former chief of the U.S. Central Command, think a unilateral U.S. attack on Hussein could undermine America's long-term diplomatic and economic interests around the globe.

"When hawks become doves, we should pay attention."