 | EschewObfuscation (71)
09/13/2004 | Well, of course, because the UN has been nothing but effective in all its programs (look at the Sudan, Rwanda, Kosovo) and so cooperative and supportive of US efforts, it only makes sense to give them a chance to help. Other than the Gulf War, has there been an effective program turned over to the UN, which they can point to with pride in its success? In the last 20 years? 30 years?
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 | abichara (66)
04/07/2004 | If conditions continue worsening in Iraq, the Bush administration might just decide to cut its losses and let the UN in. The Bush Administration's primary reasoning for entering Iraq was to make sure that its petrodollars would be traded in American dollars rather than Euros. Abandoning Iraq to the United Nations would be just as bad as defeat for the Bush Administration; the justification for war would be gone. We would be right where we started in the first place, US hegemony in the Middle East would have to take a backseat. Officially we've incurred about $200 billion in debt because of this war. It's becoming more and more apparent that Iraqi oil sales isn't the silver bullet that can solve all our re-construction problems. Besides, it's kind of difficult to re-build the place when there is a guerrilla insurgency taking place within the country. Eventually we will have to cut our losses, especially being that this is turning into a nationalistic struggle against the US.
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 | Anonymous (1)
04/05/2004 | It doesn't look like this will happen anytime soon. Currently, the Bush Administration, just because of personal greed, is making sure the U. N. stays out of Iraq. If the United Nations got at all involved in the whole Iraq situation, Bush would possibly lose control over the Middle Eastern country's oil supplies, which is the entire reason the United States even went into Iraq to overthrow Saddam. Other billionaires and corporations also have interests in money-making in Iraq.
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