US Will Play the Fool
Charles Johnson
Tue Sep 2, 2003 at 5:23 pm PDT • Views: 135
I could see this disastrous decision coming, but kept hoping it would be averted. This is a bad idea. A very bad idea, and I hereby predict that we’re going to regret it: U.S. to Ask U.N. for Wider Role in Iraq.
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is preparing to ask the United Nations to transform the U.S.-led force in Iraq to a multinational force and to play a leading role in forming an Iraqi government.
President Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell met on the issue Tuesday and agreed to move forward with a new U.N. resolution, an effort to attract more foreign contributions to postwar Iraq, three senior administration officials said on condition of anonymity.
Powell and his aides will begin talking about the new resolution in coming days with key members of the Security Council whose support is critical — close ally Britain, as well as France and Russia, two countries that opposed the U.S.-led war.
The United States hopes that expanding the U.N. role in postwar Iraq will attract badly needed troop contributions from additional countries to help stabilize Iraq and more money to help rebuild the country.
Frank says: