The New York Times is reporting that the compromise resolution being worked over by the US and France is all but doomed. After a month of negotiations, neither side has given any ground and both are equally convinced that they can get a majority vote in the Security Council. As a result, the White House rhetoric has veered towards openly advocating assassination and revolution in Iraq.
Slate‘s analysis of the NYT piece draws a straight line between the “take-it-or-leave-it” attitude of the White House towards a UN resolution and the effectiveness of the US diplomatic corps.
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