The coming war with Iraq is probably a topic that's engaging the US and the international community atlarge in a debate of a magnitude not witnessed since the Gulf War in 1991. What has been extremely impressivein the current debate is the ability of the US President, George Bush, to mould the domestic and internationaldebate to his liking. Whether this is a carefully constructed strategy to talk tough so as to be able to get acompromise or a divided administration trying to put together policies at random to see what works, theend-result is that the Bush Administration has been able to get its way on most issues so far.