First of all, the U.N. never supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq. They did not believe there was enough evidence of WMD's. I believe the Bush statement regarding the irrelevance of the U.N. was after the fact. Why would the U.N. go now when they thought it was an act of U.S. aggression in the first place, unless the U.S. lets go of its power in that country.

Strick - in regard to the "spoils" of war (you said it, not me) the U.S. did the spoiling. Why would anyone in Iraq trust them or want them in their country for one minute more. But, heh, thats O.K., the U.S. wants to go it alone. Let them! They can have the whole damn mess or get out and let somebody trustworthy do the job.