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Originally posted by sgtclub
Because the UN was not going into a war zone to rebuild a country that (a) was still unstable and (b) the invasion of which did not get a UN blessing. We saw what happened at the first site of trouble. They cut and run. And who, pray telll, would have comprised the UN's military?
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I think you are on crack. Other countries wanted the UN to take the lead. The administration didn't want to give up any power, and it didn't. See, e.g.,
this or
this or
this or
this or
this ("Most European countries, including Britain, the main U.S. ally in Iraq, want the United Nations to take command in Iraq once the war is over.") or
this or any number of pieces that you can find with your own Google search.
