[Radek]

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1. UN isn't any ruler and it cannot be any ruler. It weren't devised to be some kind of ruler. UN is a place where the problems between countries should be solved and a chance for a peace should be searched for. That's the role of UN. All members of UN, including the USA, engaged themselves to obey the UN Charter. Among others, they promised not to use power against themselves and solve problems by means of negotiations. They also delegated the decision whether to use power against some country to the Security Council.

2. Ask yourself. Why do the inspectors look at wrong places? And, is it really impossible to tell the inspectors where to search? Must such pointer endanger anybody? You need not tell the source of the information! Why the intelligence service does not tell the inspectors something like this: "A grandma from Morrowind witnessed that the Iraq WMD are there and there. Go there and there and check it!". Who is endangered? Nobody.
Now, if the inspectors ignored such message then you would be right: they don't want to find anything. Otherwise, you will need to explain why do you think that they do not want to find anything.

3. The palaces are no more tabu. This excuse (not your excuse, the official excuse) is unusable now.

4. I know the argument about somebody being raped. But I consider it a false argument. The international affairs are something different from inter-people affairs. The difference consists in the concept of sovereignity. The countries are sovereigns. On the other hand, the citizens of a particular country are submitted to the same law. Therefore, it is clear that it is the raper who violates the law and, moreover, that the raper must count on your punching him (you will act according to the law).
On the other hand, it is not clear who violates the law if we exchange the raper and his victim by sovereign countries. As far as both countries obey the international law, you cannot tell who is the raper and who is the victim. No country on the earth is authorized to decide it. Not even the USA. This decision was delegated to UN by all UN members - including the USA.

5. Because we can? That's wrong, MagiK! Pushing Saddam out of Kuwait wasn't a US action but a UN one! It's the UN who decides how to impose the terms of victory! And MagiK, we are speaking about one and half millions of deads here. We are speaking about three quarthers of million of dead children. Yes, "you" (the USA) can let the chilren die. "You" are enough strong to force others to see the chilred die. "You" can veto any attempt to alleviate their fate. But then don't be surprised at the image of the USA in the world.

6. The UN should be disbanded and forgotten? MagiK, do you know why the UN were created? To prevent future wars. To create an institute of the international law. To allow solving problems peacefully. Disband? Okay. And now? Replace UN by the USA? No, thanks.