There is somewhat of a 'damned if you do and damned if you don't' conundrum about an international policing role, be it carried out by the US or UN or NATO. I think that US diplomatic action to play ball with the UN will be mainly positive, but it still feeds into the same conumdrum. And, of course, the UN is far from perfect.

It still leaves the question hanging though- the Iraqi intervention can be viewed in many ways, but is pretty much seen as a failure. Has this perceived failure of intervention made the international community lose it's collective balls?

Is this good, or bad?