Originally posted by Raskolnikov
I don't advocate leaving the UN, but a powerless world body serves nobody at all. If Iraq is allowed to ignore the UN, than anybody is allowed to ignore the UN by default as the UN has destroyed it's own authority.

Do you mean that Iraq has ignored the UN resolutions ?! That's why the inspectors are going everywhere at anytime in Iraq , right ?

Well since you've mentioned ignoring the UN , what about Isreal ? How many UN resolution Israel has ignored till this day ? Now, the U.S. has learned (thanx to Israel) that ignoring the UN is ok , instead of supporting the UN and make it more effective to achive peace & democracy between all the nations of the world.

Actualy what non-americans feel these days is that the U.S. wants to be a replacement to the UN since the cold-war has ended and the USSR is gone , so the U.S. can do what they want without help from the UN .
i.e. The UN doesn't serve American interests anymore ... Is that it ?