[SFC Chromey]

My guess, is to limit the US from ever protecting itself "arbitrarily" again. T

he UN will say, "Look at the mistakes you made with Iraq, how can we believe what the US is telling us?"

Bush meanwhile will play his games at correspondents dinners, even though we really DID find yellow cake in Iraq.
I know, I'm a complete conspiracy nut, but nothing else explains it cleanly.

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My guess, is to limit the US from ever protecting itself "arbitrarily" again. T

That won't happen. If Bush saw an immediate threat to America's safety tomorrow, he would act again just as he did the last time. He won't wait for approval. And who's approval would we need the UN's? They sat idly by while a million people were slaughtered in Rwanda. When hundreds of thousands were massacered in Dalfur(?) It will be a cold day in hell before I would wait for permission from an anti-American organization to decide when we can and cannot decide when this country needs protecting. I can't see Bush going to them to ask for permission no matter how hard I try too.

he UN will say, "Look at the mistakes you made with Iraq, how can we believe what the US is telling us?"

Who cares?