And I am sure that is why we did it, but what would we have done if they had not lifted the sanctions? I suspect we would have just continued what we are doing and followed our plan. That would have led to a standoff between us and the UN which the UN couldn't win. We don't really want that either because of the desire of France and Russia (Germany is just along for the ride after Schroeder was reelected) to isolate us in the world community. (They are really isolating themselves) This UN action was just a nicety to prevent problems for both of us and the UN took it because that was the only way to get a piece of the action and remain semi-relevant. Russia and France went along because they couldn't win either.