>>>According to the news of a few days ago, the U.S. does not want to give the United Nations access to investigate. Well, they say they will give them access, but it is so restrictive that the U.N. declines to accept. I am not sure what the official excuse is, but it seems quite obvious they have something to hide.
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>>Hmm, might be we aren't under UN rule.
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>Neither was Iraq. But part of the rationale for the invasion was their failure to permit UN Inspectors was an indicator they were hiding something.

True. That is seemingly a contradiction, isn't it. I guess it boils down to self preservation. There were enough countries concerned that Iraq was up to it's old tricks that they took things into their own hands. That may happen at some point here. However, as it stands today, I don't see the UN trying to push us around, and I hope we never allow ourselves to be weakened militarily to the point they might even remotely consider it.