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Silvy · 05-04-2004, 08:23 AM

It's too late to let the UN handle this.
Iraq is a mess now, with the population having no real authority to support.
A new Iraqi government must be elected and installed.

Until this is the case, armed forces will need to keep order. Wether or not those are US forces or some international force doesn't really matter in the end. But handing over control to the UN will cause significant problems (as such things inevitable do), it will create confusion as to the authority and "who is running my country today". This will cause significant delays and those problems/delays could cause the country to fall apart.

As I see it, the US needs to solve the military side of things by themselves. They caused the mess, they need to clean it up. However a strong advisory role for the UN is recommended on the political front. This will help get a constitution, elections, humanitary support and the approval of the mideast region in those things.

05-04-2004, 08:23 AM	#6 (permalink)
Silvy paranoid Location: The Netherlands	It's too late to let the UN handle this. Iraq is a mess now, with the population having no real authority to support. A new Iraqi government must be elected and installed. Until this is the case, armed forces will need to keep order. Wether or not those are US forces or some international force doesn't really matter in the end. But handing over control to the UN will cause significant problems (as such things inevitable do), it will create confusion as to the authority and "who is running my country today". This will cause significant delays and those problems/delays could cause the country to fall apart. As I see it, the US needs to solve the military side of things by themselves. They caused the mess, they need to clean it up. However a strong advisory role for the UN is recommended on the political front. This will help get a constitution, elections, humanitary support and the approval of the mideast region in those things. __________________ "Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. " - Murphy MacManus (Boondock Saints)