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They may be scary , but in terms of actual power they are the merest flea on the back of the United States and the rest of the western democracies . Because he faces considerable domestic economic and political constraints , his policy is unlikely to succeed without full backing from the United States . There were less than 3000 deaths on 9/11 and other countries suffer a thousand times that many every year because of regimes backed by the united $ tates . But rather than backing off the United States committed itself to war . Instead of recapping all of that , I thought it would be most valuable to highlight where , with strong backing from the United States , the MDBs have made specific progress in the areas related to the legislation you passed last year , with particular emphasis on the areas of harmonizing anti-corruption and procurement efforts , strengthening whistleblower protections , increasing transparency , and building internal mechanisms to ensure accountability . But to get back , the United States gave and is continuing to give to the Republic of Korea , a great deal of assistance . It is unlikely to act without backing from the United Nations or some other body with similar authority whose approval would add legitimacy to the action . Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was hanged for crimes against humanity in the mass murder of 148 Shi'ites in the 1980s , sent to the gallows by a government backed by the United States and led by Shi'ite Muslims who had been oppressed during his rule . Given the administration 's decision to invade Iraq without backing from the United Nations , and the current debate over the international body 's role in post-conflict reconstruction , such a compromise " would signal to allies that now we want to go it alone on defense procurement as well . The Chirac-Annan conference was titled the " Paris Conference on Innovative Development Financing Mechanisms " and , apparently behind the back of the United States government , the U.N. is planning its taxation schemes almost immediately . However , the United States , backed by the United Kingdom and the Netherlands , mounted an aggressive-and ultimately successful - lobbying campaign for a much narrower prohibition on the " forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflicts . Backed by the United States , the Nationalist government enjoyed international recognition as the legitimate seat of power for the whole of China .