Here's my plan for the UN. I admit ignorance on Security Council voting procedures, but, assuming that the entire vote goes through, even if someone vetoes it, then the US should see what the rest of the votes are, and, if we have enough to pass our resolution (ignoring vetoes) then we should go ahead with our plans. That will show the Un that we do care about approval, but we don't care about France's opinion. It will also send the signal that the UN is useless as it stands and changes need to be made. The UN, in case you didn't know, was formed to create an international venue for dialogue between countries, with the hopes of stopping wars from happening by using diplomacy. The UN, however, was never intended to take away anyone's soveriegn right to make decisions in the best interests of their country. The UN is not a government, despite France, UN Secretary Generl Kofi Annan, and Jimmy Carter's opinions that for the US to defy the UN is immoral. It's immoral for any democratic government to give up their right to make their own decisions to any outside body that was not elected by the country's own voters. In other words, the United States, for better or worse, elected George W. Bush to be our President and he and our Congress make decisions on war, but the UN. No vote has been taken by the American people to give our sovereignty to the UN. Our government has agreed to cooperate with the UN as much as possible, but certainly not to allow the UN to make our decisions for us. Soon the world will realize that the United States bows to no one, especially not France. The fact is, a large number of countries agree with us ont he Iraq issue, just not the countries that the UN has given veto rights to. I saw an article today with quotes from the foreign minister of Portugal in which he says that his country sides with the US, acknowledging that in the event of a war they feel that the US would gladly come to their aid, whereas France and Germany, the two "major European powers" (in quotes for sarcasm) would probably not be willing to, and even if they were they do not have the military power to hurt a fly, much less protect Portugal. Most westernized countries realize this, that when it comes down to the end, the US has the power to protect the peace, or to end a war, and the UN hasn't the power to a damn thing for anyone. The UN's only real power is rhetoric, and that is quickly wearing thin.