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Do you think that Bush will not "submit" to the UN? What is going on in Afghanastan or to what extent? Anyway I hope you are right.

In the name of God I hope he doesn't! The UN, the ICC and the EU are essentially anti-American entities who have a problem with us being a powerful nation. We will never get a fair shake with them.

The fact that Bush acted regardless of the UN for the good of our nation on Iraq is a good sign he won't submit. I hope he is never influenced by the Loony left demonstrations we have seen in London and San Francisco.

I must admit I am not up to speed on Afghanastan lately (so much information, so little time!).

I just hope Bush is the candidate who will not sell us out. I think we should stay in the UN if for nothing else but to veto France(spit), but the UN should never, EVER have say over our troops or our actions as a nation.

I think we pay 20 % of thge UN budget, not sure if true. I read "nearly 70 percent of those polled calling for greater U.N. activity there" and I found:

U.N. resists pressure for Iraq involvement

Public opinion surveys of Americans show that 60 percent of respondents approve of President Bush's conduct of the Iraq operation. The surveys also show nearly 70 percent of those polled calling for greater U.N. activity there. Even the U.N.-wary Bush administration has joined in the calls for the world body to get more involved right away.

Yet, with these urgent summonses coming into its New York headquarters from all sides, the United Nations is resisting.
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/special_packages/iraq/7585094.htm

United Nations budget tops $3 billion for the first time; more money for Iraq, Afghanistan

The U.N. operations in Afghanistan and Iraq will get more money next year as the world body's budget tops $3 billion for the first time, officials said Wednesday.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan had asked for an increase of 0.5 percent from the 2002-2003 budget, but he didn't get any increase and his request for 117 new posts was cut by almost half to 64 new jobs, budget director Warren Sach said.

But the new budget is the first since 1996-97 that is nominally higher because it takes into account inflation and currency fluctuations, Sach said.

U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said Annan is satisfied with the result.

"I don't think you ever get 100 percent in a negotiation, and I think from the secretariat's point of view we're pleased with the responsiveness of the member states to the secretary-general's reform initiatives," he said.

The General Assembly approved a budget of more than $3.1 billion for the two-year period by consensus late Tuesday night after long and difficult negotiations. "It was very much a cliffhanger towards the end," Sach told a news conference.

The final U.N. budget for 2002-2003 was $2.967 billion.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/12/24/international2029EST0728.DTL