UN Wants US in Iraq

Many Dems act as if the United States can't make a move without getting approval from the United Nations first.

They elevate the UN to a lofty moral position.

The UN knows best.

I wonder if the Dems still belive that the UN knows best.

UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council agreed Wednesday to an Iraqi request to extend the mandate of the U.S.-led multinational force after the country's foreign minister said the troops were "vitally necessary."

The council also strongly condemned the bombing of Samarra's revered Shiite shrine and urged all countries, especially those in the region, to support Iraq in its pursuit of peace.

Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told the council members that despite the senseless violence "the government has made tremendous strides toward the day when security will be provided by a self-sufficient, Iraqi national security force."

"While Iraqis will always be grateful for their liberation from an absolute despot, no Iraqi government official — indeed, no Iraqi citizen — wants the presence of foreign troops on Iraqi soil one day longer than is vitally necessary," he said.

"But today, and for the foreseeable months at least, the presence of (multinational) troops is vitally necessary not only for Iraq but also to safeguard regional security and stability," Zebari said.

Iraq is requesting that the U.S.-led coalition forces remain in Iraq.

The government doesn't want American troops to leave.

That flies in the face of the anti-war crowd's claims that Iraqis object to the occupation of their country by imperialist Americans.

The United Nations disagrees with Dems and their radical lib base over their demand to get American troops out of Iraq now.

It's hard to call it an occupation when the occupied are requesting that the supposed occupiers stay right where they are.