U.S. Relies on U.N. to Solve Problems of Power Transfer

U.S. Relies on U.N. to Solve Problems of Power Transfer

By DOUGLAS JEHL and WARREN HOGE

Published: April 10, 2004

WASHINGTON, April 9 — The State Department on Friday dismissed as "highly speculative" the idea that increased fighting in Iraq might force a delay in a planned transfer of power to Iraqis by June 30.
But in light of the anti-American insurrection, senior Bush administration officials said the United States was relying increasingly on the United Nations to put an international stamp on efforts to resolve differences among Iraqis on the makeup of an interim government.

"In view of the violence, I think the wisdom of that approach has been validated," a senior State Department official said of an effort that is counting heavily on a United Nations envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, to win agreement from Iraqis on a transfer plan.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/10/politics/10DIPL.html?th

Relying upon the UN IMO is another of this administrations daydreams. That aside the "when" has be established but the "to whom" remains a mystery. It makes one wonder if the powers to be are oblivious to what is going on around them. Are they operating in a bubble or a time warp?