re: The needed proofs
And why are there troops under a UN mandate in Afghanistan and not in Iraq?
Well, one possible reason is that when we threw out the Taliban, we didn't cut off a multibillion dollar Iraqi oil gravy train to the U.N., France, and other nations, which put about $12 billion in the U.N. coffers. So the U.N. wasn't as pissed off about Afghanistan. Of course, that would be the cynical point of view.