Mukutarisana nehondo, zvitarisiko zvinowanzonyengera. Zviitiko zvepamutemo zvingaite kunge zviri kufamba munzira asi vagadziri vemitemo vari kunanga kune imwe. Pane yavo yenguva, White House strategists vanoita kukomba kwemaonero eruzhinji anovimba nekuwedzera midhiya kutenderera. Humwe hutongi mushure mehumwe hwakafamba negwara rekugara munzira yevamiriri vachiisa matombo emureza munzira yekuenda kuhondo.
Makore manomwe apfuura, Mutungamiri Clinton akazivisa kuti hondo yemhepo yeNATO inotungamirwa neU. VaClinton manejimendi pamwe nevezvenhau veUS vakatadza kutaura kuti Washington yakanga yapa Milosevic mushonga wepiritsi muchetura mukudhindwa kwakanaka kwezvibvumirano zveRambouillet - neAppendix B yakataura kuti mauto eNATO angadai akamhanya zvisingaverengeke muFederal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Musi waNdira 31, 2003 - mazuva mashanu pamberi pehurukuro yakashata yakaitwa naSecretary weHurumende panguva iyoyo Colin Powell kuUN Security Council - mutungamiri wenyika akaita musangano weOval Office naTony Blair. Vachipeta nhaurirano, yakaitika inenge mwedzi miviri Iraq isati yapinda, chipangamazano mukuru wemutungamiri weBritain wezvekune dzimwe nyika, David Manning, akanyora mumemo: ‘Mazano edu ezvekumiririrwa kwenyika aifanira kurongwa maererano nokuronga kwemauto.’ Zvichakadaro, Mutungamiri Bush na vabatsiri vake vepamusoro vakanga vachiri kuudza veruzhinji kuti vari kutevera nzira dzese dzezvematongerwo enyika vaine tarisiro yekudzivirira hondo.
Mukupera kwezhizha 2002, nekukurumidza kukurumidza kuenda kuIraq, munyori wenhau dzekunze weNewsweek Fareed Zakaria akakurudzira hutongi hweBush kuti vaone kukosha kwehukama hwekubvumira vaongorori vezvombo veUN kuti vapedze nguva muIraq. 'Kunyange kana kuongororwa kusingaburitse dambudziko rakakwana,' akanyora aine tariro, 'Washington icharamba iri nani nekuyedza nekuti zvaizoonekwa kunge yaita zvese kuedza kudzivirira hondo.'
Irwo rudzi rwetsika yemacabre yaive ichienderera mberi muna Kubvumbi 10 apo munyori wenhau kuWhite House, Scott McClellan, akaudza vatori venhau kuti: "Mutungamiriri wenyika akanyatsojekesa kuti tiri kushanda pamwe nenharaunda dzepasirese kuti tiwane mhinduro yezvemitemo kana zvasvika Utongi hweIran uye kutsvaka kwahwo zvombo zvenyukireya.’ Mashoko aya akaoneka mangwanani akatevera muchinyorwa chenhau cheNew York Times pasi pemusoro mukuru unofanira kunge wakafadza vaironga hondo paWhite House: ‘Bush Anoomerera paDiplomacy muKutarisana neIran Nuclear.’