> Iraq invation was pushed through the UN. Well, sort of. They tried, but when the UN gave an answer that the US and UK didn't like, they went ahead anyway. >

> Iraq invation was pushed through the UN. Well, sort of. They tried, but when the UN gave an answer that the US and UK didn't like, they went ahead anyway. > You might argue that this was always a façade only, and the powerful did whatever they wanted, bending the law around it. I'm not quite cynical enough to wholly agree with that, but given enough motivation and power the façade does crack pretty easily.