We all know Bush said the US would go it alone. Now why should any other country send folks to die for GWB? What could their government tell the families - that GWB said there were WMD and the UN wasn't finding them so he, by God, would? And that their son or daughter died for that?

Wouldn't fly with anyone I know.
U.N. Says Iraq Force Is Stalled

By Colum Lynch
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 5, 2004; Page A14

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 4 -- U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said Wednesday that efforts to assemble an international peacekeeping force to protect a future U.N. mission in Iraq have stalled, requiring U.S.-led forces to provide security for the foreseeable future.

The Bush administration has promoted the idea of a U.N. protection force as a way of broadening international support for the struggling Iraqi political transition, particularly among countries that are reluctant to serve alongside American troops in Iraq. But senior U.N. officials say the initiative is on the verge of collapse as Iraqi insurgents and militants have stepped up attacks against citizens from countries considering participation, according to senior U.N. officials.