great question, ty. The history is clear. Neocons have long wanted the USA out of the UN. They do not support peaceful contact with other Nations. The Neocons always point to the fact that we pay the most. The truth is they do not want to share any power with anyone. They also have no interest in what the other countries think or say. Neocons like Bu$h think "my way or the highway". A UN peacekeeping force could be in Iraq now (no ours) but for giving up the power and the control of oil, the wealth and the Contracts.\nThe Saudis are not stupid. When they felt Saddam was going to invade and control the oil, they got US tax payers to pay for the defense of the oil. Saddam was a Arab problem, Arabs got the US tax payers to solve the problem.  \nWe also deal with the loss of life and money for our own people. The Saudis should pay the $6 billion per month in Iraq not USA tax payers.