Erklæringer som den fra den tyske FN-ambassadør, som sagde, at der ikke var behov for nogen ny resolution fra Sikkerhedsrådet for at legitimere et angreb fra USA på Irak, er kontraproduktive.
Statements, such as that made by the German ambassador to the UN, to the effect that no second resolution by the Security Council would be needed to give legitimacy to an attack on Iraq by the USA, are counter-productive.