Czech paper says Bush's 'obstinacy' will not help solve Iraq's problems.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

The following the text of a commentary by Adam Cerny published in the Czech newspaper Hospodarske noviny on 21 December under the headline "Bush's Escape Forward":

President George W. Bush excels in his ability to stick to what he believes in. That is why in spite of doubts he pushed through the military campaign against Saddam Husayn. He was not prevented in this either by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is favourably inclined towards the Americans, or by French President Jacques Chirac, who is not positively inclined towards the Americans and whose country used its veto in the UN Security Council against an …