You're right - we (USA) basically weren't allowed to finish the job in Iraq because of the scope of the UN Resolution; the scope was to liberate Kuwait and force Saddam to retrreat. Immediately that was done, the US started taking heat for "prolonging" the war. It's sad because now it needs to be done all over again and it could have been resolved 10 years ago. The world expects the US to be the world's policeforce, then wants to whine about how we do it. We send billions of dollars every year to war torn or starving countries - some of these countries are run by dictators who keep the $$ for themselves and their cronies, leaving thousands or millions of their own people to starve. These same countries then have the nerve to berate us for our foreign policy and tell us that the terrorist attacks are our own fault.
I also say we take back any aid that our tax dollars have provided - and refuse to send more to any country that doesn't support us. Why should we continue to forcibly extort tax money from our citizens to placate these greedy whiners? (And yes, I do mean forcibly extort, but that's another tirade.)
DLB / Debra
