Cool. I thank you.

There IS one little thing in that article you refer to which I hadn't actually thought of before which calls up a question or two.

Kerry brought up the point (let's skip his motive for the moment... not that it matter- we know what his motive is) that the body of the UN is not going to trust "this president, no matter what."
I think it may be a valid point. Whether or not the people of the US collectively think Bush has made an end run around the UN is nearly irrelevant. We do, whether we like it or not, live in a world where relationships matter a whole lot. Whether we agree or not, it seems there is a HUGE international contingent which thinks the US and Bush have acted unilaterally (let's not argue that point, though- I am talking about perception which DOES count) and undermined the UN.
Certianly, regardless of the outcome of this war, the international community looks to be pretty psyched when Bush vacates the office. If he is re-elected, we may be looking at some hard backlash from the international community and I DO think that matters quite a bit.
What do we think?