If President Bush had said this:
An uncompromising Tony Blair said yesterday he would refuse to allow the United Nations to veto military action to rid Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction.
The Prime Minister warned the public that Saddam Hussein’s weapons posed a “direct threat” to Britain but angered his Labour critics by refusing to guarantee that any war in Iraq would have to win the approval of the UN.
He told a Downing Street press conference that Britain’s “preference” would be for a fresh UN resolution before an attack but added a “qualification”