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...authorized military force in Iraq. Such cases as Kosovo, East Timor and Afghanistan have recently established the precedent for the nation or group of nations committing most of the troops to a UN-authorized peace-enforcement mission retains command. The question of how quickly to transfer sovereign authority to Iraqis has been a point of contention, with the French initially insisting that a transitional government be seated within a month, while Secretary of State Powell dismissed the suggestion as wildly unrealistic. But even on that score, a compromise appears to be within reach: The French now suggest a "symbolic" transfer...
...Sharing the burden and responsibility in a world of equal and sovereign nations also means sharing information and authority." MICHEL DUCLOS, France's deputy ambassador to the U.N., rebuking Colin Powell's lobbying of the Security Council to pass a resolution urging major countries to send troops to help establish order in Iraq and operate under U.S. control...
...Palestinian or Arab leader would ever accept: "The Government of Israel flatly rejects the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state west of the Jordan river,? the Likud manifesto states. ?The Palestinians can run their lives freely in the framework of self-rule, but not as an independent and sovereign state...
...internal divisions are such that it could only agree to a presidency rotated on a monthly basis, and has yet to appoint a cabinet six weeks after its inception. Until such time as the IGC or some more directly representative Iraqi body offers a viable option for transferring sovereign authority to Iraqis, the price of UN Security Council endorsement of an international security force is likely to be putting the UN in charge of the political transition process - as is the case in Afghanistan. It may also require setting a timetable for a hand-over to a representative Iraqi authority...
...ultimately responsible for declaring war on Iraq: George W. Bush. The scapegoating of CIA Director George Tenet for the false uranium intelligence report does not conceal the fact that Bush, acting on flawed intelligence, launched a war against a sovereign nation not imminently threatening the U.S. Congress should be held accountable as well. Here's the scorecard to date on Iraq: no uranium, no weapons of mass destruction and no end to the loss of American life, just an ever growing cache of lies and excuses. DAN NACE St. Louis...