[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I think W is enough of a man, and of a statesman, to allow others to take credit for his victory.

Except that this would not victory. Iraqi would simply be trading one corrupt brutal master for another. And the US would be blamed.

No. No. No. We have done it the UN way before. It has always ended up a mess. Take a look at North Korea. Never again.

[Museum Twenty]

I stipulated that we need to have the outcome we desire.

I don't think W will settle for less than the outcome he wants, including a satisfactory (free) future for the Iraqi people.

However, I think W is perfectly willing to let the UN save face by letting the end game appear as if the UN is not being pushed around by the US.

So long as the UN ends up doing what W wants, I think he would be happy to let them save face.

It takes a lot of character to put the emphasis on the actual results, rather than getting on the public credit. The longer this situation has been going on, the more impressed I am by our President. He is a statesman, not a politician.