Teribus et al.--

If you cannot cite precisely a UN resolution stating that the US had authority to enforce UN resolutions and sanctions without further UN participation, then kindly refrain from quoting UN resolutions as a justification for the war in Iraq.

If they are UN resolutions, it is up to the UN--AND NOBODY ELSE--to enforce them.

Also, since it seems to be still very much the fashion to bash the UN (interestingly, both the left and right seem to do it)--I would like to point out, yet again, that Bush likely owes his 2004 election to the UN. Without the UN's function as an honest broker, there probably would have been no Iraqi government til long after the 2004 election. It was Bush's ability to point to Allawi as head of that government--not Bremer--that allowed his claim of a specifically Iraqi opposition to the insurgency----and gave the lie to Mudcatters and others who were confidently predicting Vietnam Quaqmire Part II.

The reprise of Vietnam may yet happen---but obviously, not til after the 2004 election.

Bush apologists should thank the UN every day.