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"Emmanuel Gustin" wrote:

"Off the table" is a too strong expression. In the long term
the UN can make vital contributions by organizing elections,
arranging for the financing of rebuilding, etc.

Here's a quick test:

Name one country where the UN, without major US help, did all of the
things you suggest above for *any* country.

But Iraq is still
at war and the UN is not a fighting organisation.

The UN has peacekeepers in several countries right now. Armed
peacekeepers.

It is far too early for them to take a significant role.

On the other hand, they've been involved in reconstruction and relief
efforts in countries that were in much worse shape than Iraq, and didn't
run away when they were attacked.

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