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To: Ilaine who wrote (169128)	6/8/2006 3:55:54 PM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 793782

By which you must mean "everybody knows that the US administration interpreted Resolution 1441 and its antecedents to implicitly but not expressly authorize the use of force." Yes...of course. "Everybody" also knows that there was a lot of arm-twisting and carrot-dangling with France, Russia and China to abstain on an express authorization of force. Hopefull they do, but one wonders. Wouldn't you agree that having to face public scrutiny when the fin hit the shan on the oil for food program would be ahummmmmmmmmmm at best embbarassing, at worst actionable? We'll never know what was offered or threatened will we... I've been going over the whole thing at wikipedia today, and if one doesn't take the time, others can certainly understand the confusion.