LOL. I find this anwer of yours incredibly naive. The only way to learn about an enemy...? Nah, I have confidence in our IC in learning all we can about an enemy. That allows for us and others to send clear messages under the eyes of the world. That message is much more powerful than redudant information and disinformation that we would get from an enemy's talk in public.
I don't think you get the point. It doesn't matter if they show up or not. It's all grandstanding and dick waving. That's all the U.N ever has been and will ever be. Everyone standing around waving their dicks at one another saying theirs is the biggest. And every once in a while, two or more will get into a fight over that. And what will the U.N do? Sit around and moan about how wrong it is but do shit.
The same goes for the U.N on other issues and other countries when it comes to Terrorism. They all don't want Osama Bin Laden to attack their country but do you see them all committing necessary troop levels to Afghanistan? Of course not.
Iraq, I could see, since Bush fucked that up majorly. However, Afghanistan is a whole entirely different issue.
On another note, something seems wrong with this picture when I sound the most Conservative in a thread full of Conservatives. Just sayin.