If the proposal, understood to be in the form of a short paragraph, becomes part of a second resolution and is adopted by the Security Council, the UN would oversee the establishment of a post-Saddam government and the UN, not the US, would take stewardship of Iraq's oilfields.Whoa, whoa! We're gonna give this to the UN? I don't like this at all. The UN has proven time after time they are totally incompetent. We're just asking for lotsa trouble if this goes down.
I agree. The UN will install an anti-american government. That will eliminate our ability to base in Iraq. With basing in Iraq, we are much less dependent on coalitions in the middle east. With it, we can pressure Iran, the Saudis and Syria to start participating in the War on Terror.
US control in Iraq means a complete change in the correlation of forces in the middle east. UN control means little change. In fact, under UN control, Iraq will probably become the haven of choice for al Quaeda.
The French/Germans/UN do not have our interests at heart. I would bitterly oppose any measure that results in UN (read French/German/Chinese/Russian) control of Iraq when we spent blood and money to make it possible.