Turning to the U.N. for Iraq help

oh, man... after dissing the u.n. before, during and AFTER the illegal invasion of iraq, lying to the security council about iraq wmd, sending john "raging bull" bolton to take it down from the inside, and, in general, choosing to impugn the opportunities to engage in multilateral, global efforts, bush NOW wants u.n. help to fix the unparalleled disaster HE created...?

The Bush administration is developing plans to "internationalise" the Iraq crisis, including an expanded role for the United Nations, as a way of reducing overall US responsibility for Iraq's future and limiting domestic political fallout from the war as the 2008 election season approaches.

The move comes amid rising concern in Washington that President George Bush's controversial Baghdad security surge, led by the US commander, General David Petraeus, is not working and that Iran is winning the clandestine battle for control of Iraq.

actually, i think this is the first iraq option i've heard that actually makes some sense, if and only if it is accompanied by u.s. withdrawal... do i think it is going to happen...? read this and then ask the question again...

[A] former senior administration official who is familiar with administration thinking, predicted Mr Bush would instead ask Congress to agree a six-month extension of the surge after Gen Petraeus presented his "progress report" in early September.

and now that bush has a blank check, why would we expect anything different...?

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