We ignored world opinion calling for a UN mandate for our invasion of Iraq. Now that we are bogged down and it is conspicuously clear how much it would cost (in lives and dollars) to ‘nation-build’, we are talking out of the other side of our mouths NY Times and trying to bulldoze UN members into joining the effort they have previously opposed. It is not getting much of a reception, especially because it is clear we are crassly capitalizing on the anguish and frustration over the bombing of the UN’s Baghdad compound to rally the troops, and, furthermore, we are of course insisting that the efforts remain under ‘coalition’ command.