You can see the game of cat and mouse going on between the U.S. and the U.N. over Iraq. This quote sums it up well:
Gen. John Abizaid, head of U.S. Central Command, waved off calls by American lawmakers to increase American troops in Iraq beyond the current 140,000, suggesting instead that Muslim allies send in more peacekeepers.
The U.S. won’t budge because it wants the U.N. to feel obligated to send in troops to save the Iraqis from the mess created by… the U.S. What a brilliant strategy! It certainly follows the KISS method (Keep It Simple, Stupid!). Hopefully the U.S. won’t be the ones left looking stupid…