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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (24785)	1/17/2004 10:50:02 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) of 793719

So, has anybody in the crowd touting "UN legitimacy" bothered to ask the Iraqis their opinion on the matter? I don't think that the legitimacy of the UN, itself, is at issue. In this case, the UN is just a cover, a tool. It's common practice to send in a study team to come up with something that the opposing parties cannot agree to without losing face. I'm very familiar with that process because I've done bunches of studies under those conditions. You can use anyone that both sides can, with a wink, accept as disinterested. I don't know who they would use for that if not the UN. Maybe some international think tank. Don't know. I don't think that this move is about legitimizing the UN, just finding a graceful way to do something for which the parties need cover. I wouldn't ascribe any greater meaning to it than that. As for asking the Iraqis, who represents "the Iraqis"? Who would you ask. You'd have to hold elections or do caucuses to establish someone to speak for the Iraqis on the subject of whether to use elections or caucuses. <g>

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