Iraq and the UN

I was watching TV earlier and saw the Iraqi ambassador to the UN sitting before the Security Council babbling on about illegality of the war and begging the Council to take action against us (maybe they could pass a resolution or seventeen).

Why is this nattering nabob still there? Even the Security Council has basically admitted that the Iraqi regime is going to change. We know this because they have started talking about how to administer humanitarian aid after the war is over. Why are we still allowing the spokesman of a failed government to continue to spread useless propaganda?

It’s not like he’ll ever be able to get a condemnation of the war passed. And in short order, the government he purports to represent will be no more. There are no more negotiations to come for this Iraq; there is no more purpose to his being able to waste the “valuable” time of the Council.

Saddam’s regime should be no more important than that of a consultative member of the UN. These are the nations that are not formally recognized, but that can be consulted for information. Saddam should not be allowed to call meetings, propose resolutions, or to vote in any decisions to be made. The Iraq of Saddam has no stake in the future of the world. Their future is up.