US May Drop Bid for New UN Resolution

By GEORGE GEDDA, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - After a high-profile pitch at the United Nations (news - web sites) for more countries to send troops to Iraq (news - web sites), the Bush administration is encountering resistance and may not seek a Security Council resolution after all, U.S. officials said Monday.

"We have not yet made a determination," Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage told reporters, alluding to the possibility of a new resolution.

Other officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, noted the strong stand that some U.N. members had taken against the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq in March without the council's blessing.

Asked about the status of any new resolution, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Negroponte, said, "We're nowhere near a text on Iraq."

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I really wonder sometimes why the media go through this sort of charade. The White House plays them for utter fools.

until the deserter stands in public and apologizes for all he did to discredit and disband them.

Let him eat the shit he has forced others to dine upon. Perhaps it could be a new beginning.

But I doubt it will ever happen.