Peel says the US has the most to lose by destroying the credibility of the UN which does “the dirty work for it.” The split on the Security Council, he says, turns on fears expressed by Britain that the UN will lose its authority if it refuses to sanction US military action, and the opposing French view that the organization will be condemned to irrelevance if it simply acts as an international rubber stamp for preemptive strikes decided in Washington. Peel thinks Washington is committed to unilateralism and will ignore the UN in either case. Also interesting is his revelation that Blair’s controversial support for US intervention is frowned upon by both the British Foreign Office and Defence Ministry which share European fears that war will further destabilize the Middle East.
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