If you were to look at the events in the UN before the war in Iraq, they dont seem that important - either then or now. The US only went to the UN as a favour to Blair to cement his support for their invasion of Iraq, and France, Russia and China were never going to support a US war that would throw possibly the greatest oil reserves in the world solidy into the US sphere of influence. The US didnt get its UN approval, it predicatably went ahead anyway, and won easily. The lack of UN support ...