WE HAD TO FORCE THE UN BACK INTO BAGHDAD

To me this speaks volumes about fecklessness of the United Nations.

Lakhdar Brahimi, the head of the UN electoral team in Iraq, was reluctant to go to Baghdad, but apparently consented after pressure from President Bush and other US officials.

At first, Brahimi resisted, but UN officials said that the pressure on him was enormous and that he finally agreed to lead the team that will determine whether direct elections demanded by Shi'ite leaders are feasible before the proposed transfer of power by the US-led coalition on June 30.