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Christopher Browne wrote:
> There seems a fair chance that this will have a pretty destructive
> effect on the credibility of the UN

The UN has no credibility. They are a bunch of buffoons,
occasionally useful as a beard.

> It's rather interesting that the main recent markets for Iraqi oil,
> and the main recent suppliers of weapons to Iraq, happen to be the
> very same countries opposing UN intervention.

Not surprising at all. Business is business.
Principled behavior is rare, alas.