While reading an article on the democratization of I raq, I realized a serious problem with the idea of handing over any sort of soveriegnty or decision making to the U.N. In the United States we elect our officials,and if we don't like what they're doing we can elect someone else in 4 years. The U.N., however, is beholden to no voting constituency. If we don't like something they do, or decide upon, we have no recourse. Handing over any power to the U.N. removes any right we have to change our government if we don't like the direction they are leading us down. There have always been a lot of reasons to dislike the U.N. and scorn those who feel we should get U.N. permission for anything we do, but this is probably the msot serious to me, and one I had not thought of before.