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trof

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The "Q" word-Christian Science Monitor

Better UN than US administering Iraq

By Helena Cobban

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. – The US intervention in Iraq, which was earlier sold to the US public as a potential "cakewalk," has instead turned into a damaging quagmire. The least- bad choice now for President Bush is to hand the administration of Iraq over to the United Nations.
As I had earlier predicted, the US engagement in Iraq has turned into a Vietnam-style imbroglio. The question now is: What can the Bush administration do so that it won't dig itself even deeper into desert quicksands?

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0710/p09s01-coop.html

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Walt Starr

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Thu Jul-10-03 12:41 PM
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1. Why would the UN be willing to clean up OUR mess?

Seriously, we ignored the UN so I'm willing to bet the UN tells the US to pound sand!

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trof

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Thu Jul-10-03 12:43 PM
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2. I don't know either.

Except we (*) would lose a lot of face and the UN might not be unhappy about that.

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Cheswick2.0

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Thu Jul-10-03 12:44 PM
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3. because they UN is made up of humans who want to do the right thing

and it would be a great way of repudiating bush. I think they should take over and force all the american corporate mercenaries like Haliburton out!

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AnnabelLee

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Thu Jul-10-03 12:45 PM
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4. bushco would have to turn over

administration of any oil revenues to the UN in order to get a UN sanctioned peace-keeping force authorized. (At least that's my belief). Bushco will never do that; they are like Daffy Duck when he was shrunk to a size smaller than the pearl he coveted, trying to grasp it & shouting, "It's mine, all mine! I'm a happy miser!"

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Zeke

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Thu Jul-10-03 12:51 PM
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5. Nice Going Bush Inc.

These asses have got to go and if that means the UN taking over and embarrassing Bush, then go for it!

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Divernan

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Thu Jul-10-03 12:56 PM
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6. It would establish a terrible precedent

Even if the US gave up the oil revenues and paid a high percent of the economic costs of stabilizing Iraq, it lets him get by with lying to justify a war, dragging our soldiers and our economy into it and then he just walks away from the consequences by paying with OUR tax dollars/deficit. It's the Emily Litella Foreign Policy - "Oh! Never Mind!"

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trof

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Thu Jul-10-03 03:06 PM
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7. I don't think it lets him off the hook.

I think it's a terrible loss of face.
First the macho, go it alone, bring 'em on mentality.
Then the uh oh...we need help from the very organization we scorned.

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