This morning the BBC analyses the confidential initial debate at the Security Council about the future regime in Iraq from June 30, as one in which Bush is so weak the US has had to signal it is sure there will be a resolution passed. In other words it will agree to any substantive text laid in front of it.
That is a reflection of the extent to which unilateral imperialism has surrendered to multi-lateral imperialism. Look for the fine print about who controls Iraq's oil supplies. (At present vast numbers of Iraqi oil smugglers - which is probably as it should be) What a reversal of power compared to fifteen months ago. This is about the disempowerment of the most powerful armed forces in human history. Chris Burford London
