WRONG. FACE IT. The UN, the world community and more than half the USA think that the Iraq War shouldn't have happened, is incompetently managed, is illegal or some combination of the above.
Did you see the cold reception Bush's (geez loueeeze) belligerent and arrogant remarks and DEMAND (ok, begging with belligerence) that other countries participate in Iraq received? OMG. From Republican Senators (including McCain), to the UN, to soldiers in Iraq and even right-wing whacko commentators....everyone is turning against Bush in Iraq.
It's saddest for the Iraqis but it's also sad for us that our troops, our treasure and our image in the world is so damaged for the pyschological problems and greed of a small group of people.
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The UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, yesterday delivered a stern rebuke to nations that "shamelessly disregard" international law, explicitly chastising the United States, Sudan, Russia, Uganda, Israel and the Palestinians.
Mr Annan, who last week branded the US-led war in Iraq "illegal", told the UN general assembly that international law remained the cornerstone of global stability in a speech laced with many veiled - and at least one explicit - criticism of the US....
Those who seek to bestow legitimacy must themselves embody it, and those who invoke international law must themselves submit to it." ...
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