Originally posted by Pei 
Bit difficult considering that the US is a permanent member of  the Security Council (something many americans on this board seem to forget when complaining  about what the UN has and has not done). 
 What I meant was, we should let the French and Germans write the resolutions and simply support them. If push comes to shove, let the French and Germans try to enforce them.
I don't want to see us be obstructive, nor do I want to see us take a "leading role" in it. In short, this time we should swap roles with them.  

 (Well, OK.. they're obstructive a lot of the time but we don't need to be like that.)