[solzhenitsyn]

My feelings exactly. We shouldn't covet the UN's imprimatur, and we definitely shouldn't be competing to purchase it. We should just tell the world exactly what the UN is, and go ahead and do what's right with respect to Iraq.

In the short run, it could make things considerably more difficult. The long run is more important. We need to do what's right, and the rest of the world needs to know that we'll do what's right, no matter what a bunch of bloody dicatators' toadies have to say about it.

[solzhenitsyn]

Ivan, thanks for the excellent article.