Same Defiers, Different Treatments

A Trick Question.
What is the similarity between Iraq n Israel?

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Security Council resolution 1441 had warned Iraq of "serious consequences" if it did not meet UN demands for immediate disarmament. Since this directive was not as clear in its meaning as the authorization to member states in the UN resolutions preceding the first Gulf War to use "all necessary means" to force Iraq out of Kuwait, many Security Council members interpreted resolution 1441 as committing the world community and Iraq to an invasive disarmament inspection regime. The United States on the other hand understood the resolution's language to be an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein-disarm or face military intervention.

Faced with a veto threat from France to a subsequent resolution, and even unable to achieve the requisite nine votes for passage in the Council, the administration withdrew a draft resolution declaring Iraq in material breach, and decided on independent military action in cooperation with the United Kingdom. On March 20, the United States launched military operations. Even so, the Bush administration implied that it would be critical to have UN support for post-conflict management of Iraq, and for humanitarian assistance. "Burden-sharing" seemed to remain an important necessity for US foreign policy, with the United Nations the only logical international organization capable of generating sufficient world support.

Still, as the war for Baghdad wound down, there was some hesitation regarding the full commitment of Washington to cooperating with the United Nations in Iraq. Press reports revealed that the administration's postwar plan called for a US "Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Aid" to play the lead role in reconstruction. President Bush had established this Pentagon-based military administration months before conflict broke out, by signing National Security Directive 24. When secretary of state Powell met in Brussels with anxious European allies in early April, he insisted that the United States not the United Nations would be reconstructing Iraq. (21)

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