Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton , D-NY, delivers a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, Monday, Dec. 15, 2003 in New York. Sen. Clinton called for a new international authority to be created to help ease the transition of power to Iraqis. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
The "international authority," i.e., the United Nations, never did squat for the people of Iraq. In fact, the UN sat idly by while Saddam tortured and executed hundreds of thousands. The UN sat idly by while Saddam created and used chemical and biological weapons on his own people. The UN sat idly by while France sold nuclear technology to Saddam. For that matter, the UN hasn't done anything but oppress the Serbian people of Kosovo. If that sort of incompetence is what constitutes "authority" in Hillary's view, I'd say she just doesn't have a freakin' clue.