In order to obtain an unforgiving resolution from the UN Security Council, the United States is providing a wide range of concessions to the members of the Council. The Boston Globe has China asking the US to stop interfering in Tibet and Taiwan. France and Russia are asking for concessions on Iraqi oil. Russia would also like American sympathy with its actions in Georgia.
BBC points out that Iraq owes Russia $8 billion. They also quote a Russian diplomat saying that the British are doing a great deal to keep the United States under international law.
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