Originally Posted by mirevolver
And France holds a veto vote in the UN security council. So this pretty much shows that going to the UN is a waste of time.
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Originally Posted by TheBrit
No it doesn't. It shows that America can't throw it's weight around at the UN. If it came to a solution that all the countries agreed on, there wouldn't have been a problem, and an illegal war wouldn't have been started. Just because another country doesn't want you going to war doesn't mean that their opinion is a waste of time. What makes America's opinion any more valid than another country's?
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Way to take my words out of context there. I was making the point that because the French had many oil contracts with Saddam and that they were getting bribe money from the corrupt oil for food program, it was pointless to go to the UN because it was already known that no matter the circumstances, the French were going to veto.