Dang skunk I'll let you know next time I plan of playing the lotto and give you a crack at it anyway!
[img]smile.gif[/img] Though I made the same prediction in my head when I first heard a draft resolution was going to make the rounds.
Seriously though, I think the French and Germans may have some leverage considering going the U.N. route seems the best option for the U.S. I doubt Bush & Co. would be taking this step unless they absolutely had to. This typically means they come to the bargaining table in a weak position.
I thought I heard on the news C. Powell say something like 'whatever they want, they just need to spell it out' with regards to France and Germany's concerns regarding the first draft. Maybe Iraq will turn out to be a U.N. show after all and maybe some non-U.S./Britsh companies (ie. French, German, Russian) will get some of those lucrative reconstruction contracts as well.
I can almost hear the unilateralist, anti-french, "the U.N. is irrelevant" people's tears from here.