Hugo Young

An attack on Iraq is likely, but may still be months away

In Vermont the US can't bomb and run, still less invade and run

The body of opposition to a campaign against Iraq is too great to ignore

John Ashcroft, the US attorney general, is a politician of the ultra-hard right. David Blunkett, the British home secretary, comes from the old Labour left.

Bush is looking for the next target and his country is right behind him

At its founding, the United States never wanted to run the world. George Washington decreed that commerce not politics was what mattered, and Thomas Jefferson warned against the danger of "entangling alliances".