>As to the UN being a viable force, I believe the UN is NOT one now by its own accord, not due to President Bush's decision to act outside of the UN security council.
If that is so, then, even though it may be important to disarm dangerous dictators, it seems to me that an even higher priority should be given, in World affairs, to strengthen the U.N.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)