I agree that the UN was against the current situation occurring. But the UN has to deal with things as they are now, not sulk like a toddler. I agree that most of the blame can easily be placed on Bush.

I agree that this mess is mainly due to extremely poor planning.

I agree that it would be nice if the current forces were able to correct matters, but I feel that their inability to treat the locals as human, complete unawareness of the culture or almost any other facet of the local population is going to ensure that they alienate more, not less. Bombs from the air, mass arrests, a "shoot first and why question as we don't speak the language" again breeds hatred rather than hope.

The UN might have a chance at drawing something of a line under the past unmitigated failures. More troops and police from Islamic countries would again help dilute the "then and us" mentality that is currently in place.

I still feel that the hope for a united country is limited, especially as more and more wish for there to be at least 2, if not 3. And why should the West stop them? Havn't we intefered enough?