WEEKS, NOT MONTHS

James Joyner | Friday, February 21, 2003

WEEKS, NOT MONTHS: Apparently, the follow-on to UN Resolution 1441 is going to be as vague as the first one: No timeline. I understand the desire to have the UN on board, if for nothing else than to make setting up the post-Saddam goverment easier. But at some point, it strikes me as simple futility. If there is no deadline put forth in the resolution, there will be a call for a “third” resolution. (There have already been nearly 20.) If we can’t get the UN to act at this point, it seems to me that the “coalition of the willing” must go forward on its own.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia.

Follow James on FriendFeed | Twitter | Digg

• None Found

• OTB Latenight - The Clash
• 100 Most Influential Slogans
• McCain Working for Dollars, Not Votes?
• Hillary Clinton Buys 2012 Website!!
• Conservatives for Obama II
• McCain Collects Social Security
• Heller Denied D.C. Gun Permit
• Caption Contest Winners
• Bob Barr Conference Call
• California to Ban Trans Fats, Needs Schwarzenegger Signature

Tags | Iraq Conflict

| | Permalink | Send TrackBack

Comments are Closed