[RockBassCreek]

We do not need UN approval to buy Iraqi output ourselves? The downside? We have to tolerate those who will say, "See, I told you it was all about oil."

The upside? We stick it up the UNs nose and let them know that we finance them and not the other way around.

In fact, I'd subtract one dollar of remaining US support to the UN for every dollar of Iraqi reconstruction that we have to buy.

In fact, we don't need UN approval for anything.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Exactly. As Bush said in his SOTU speech, "We don't need a permission slip".

[Aeronaut]

In fact, we don't need UN approval for anything.

I suggest the following ammendment:

In fact, we don't need the UN approval for anything.