Reply #3: I think Annan will take the bait purely from a humanitarian point of view. [View All]

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The Bush* administration has screwed this up so badly that I think he will feel obligated to try to bring some kind of peace and stability to the country. But all I can say is that he'd better watch out, everyone who deals with these thugs eventually gets burned, Tony Blair is an example.

Commendable insisting on assurances, but stupid to believe them. The American public was assured that Saddam had WMDs. We all know how that played out. And as for security, I wonder how that's supposed to work? The Iraqi resistance doesn't want us there, period. We can't provide any kind of security now, let alone guarantee the security of UN personnel.

And then there's the question of the oil fields. How does Bush* & Co. work it so that they get to keep them? Somehow I have a feeling that the Iraqis will insist that they have control over the only real asset that they have.

All I can say is good luck Mr. Annan. You are making a deal with the devil, so to speak. Hope you have a flame retardant suit.