<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Fighting terror can be a lonely, thankless job -- especially when you are the only country that vetoes an emergency resolution in the UN Security Council. Ah, well, the struggles of superpowerdom are never ending . . .</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/15/international/15NATI.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/15/international/15NATI.html</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>DP</DIV></BODY></HTML>