[Jumper]

He will turn it over to the UN, but with a 25% share of funding on the line, the administration will be accountable to those who pay the most:) And then the legimaticy of the UN makes the US look even more correct in going in to begin with:) Once the UN is tied down in Iraq, the US will continue to pursue other rouge dictators until the first dozen are through - again all under UN management. If the UN then fails to maintain these liberated states as free and independent, it will be the real signal of the body's demise. US economic might, according to Newsweek, is expected to expand to a larger protion of the world's capacity over the next two decades; given that expectation, the UN and world knows where economics will flow from.

[Lion's Cub]

I understand what you are saying, but such logic ignores the danger to the US of strengtheing the UN. We are systematically transferring all our wealth to other nations who hate us. To think that the EU, Russia, and China (and all the others who are jealous) will suddenly become real allies is ludicrous. It's time we stopped funding those who only want to destroy us.