CarolC: Those are well thought out, well stated, position points. I suspect you will, in fact, be disappointed because I don't believe the plan you map out will be followed. You certainly put a lot of thought in your reply to me, and I appreciate it.

Maybe we ARE seeing the launching of a political career, as Guest suggests!

I, for one, would not want to see the United States turn over it's security to any UN command, but if you are comfortable with that, so be it. The terrorist attack was not directed at the UN, it was directed at America. They could have hit the UN building rather than the WTC or the Pentagon had they chosen to do so. They didn't.

DougR