Lee Roy doesn't want the ball
Democrats keep urging the administration to turn operations in Iraq over to the UN. They sound like the coach who keeps yelling at his quarterback to give the ball to Lee Roy every play. The quarterback finally yells back to the coach, Lee Roy says he doesn't want the ball. Clearly the UN has no interest are aptitude for taking over the operations in Iraq. But,...
"A day after President Bush's surprise visit, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) arrived here Friday in less dramatic style, saying it was not too late to bring the United Nations back to Iraq.
..."Clinton and Reed said U.N. participation would provide legitimacy, easing the political burden and expense to the United States of administering Iraq."
The approriate response to this suggestion is, so what. Even if you concede their point, which is dubious at best, the UN has already bugged out of Iraq shortly after its headquarters was hit. It headquarters was hit after refusing coalition, i.e. US, efforts to protect its facility.
Democrats keep urging the administration to turn operations in Iraq over to the UN. They sound like the coach who keeps yelling at his quarterback to give the ball to Lee Roy every play. The quarterback finally yells back to the coach, Lee Roy says he doesn't want the ball. Clearly the UN has no interest are aptitude for taking over the operations in Iraq. But,...
"A day after President Bush's surprise visit, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) arrived here Friday in less dramatic style, saying it was not too late to bring the United Nations back to Iraq.
..."Clinton and Reed said U.N. participation would provide legitimacy, easing the political burden and expense to the United States of administering Iraq."
The approriate response to this suggestion is, so what. Even if you concede their point, which is dubious at best, the UN has already bugged out of Iraq shortly after its headquarters was hit. It headquarters was hit after refusing coalition, i.e. US, efforts to protect its facility.
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