Iraq's Ambassador to the UN

No love for the UN in the Iraqi Governing Council:

“One year ago, the Security Council was divided between those who wanted to appease Saddam Hussein and those who wanted to hold him accountable,” (Iraqi Ambassador to the UN) Zebari told the 15-nation council, which was sharply divided over the war. “The UN as an organisation failed to help rescue the Iraqi people from a murderous tyranny of 35 years,” he said. “The UN must not fail the Iraqi people again.”

And let’s hear it for those champions of freedom, the French:

“The fact that the war was won doesn’t make legitimate something that was not legitimate,” France’s UN ambassador Jean-Marc de la Sabliere said after the council meeting

Ambassador Zebari’s reply wasn’t included in the article. I’m guessing it probably wasn’t printable.

Bumped this up from a comment since I love it. Iraqis ‘thank’ the UN, and the French endorse Sadaam. OK, the French don’t endorse Sadaam, but they still can’t admit it was a good thing to get rid of the Baathists.

Posted by jank at December 17, 2003 7:07 AM