WHY THE UN VOTE MATTERED

It stuffs a sock in the mouths of those hollering for "UN legitimacy".

Can we get a very large sock for Sen. Kennedy?

Japan, which is planning to send troops to Iraq, on Friday welcomed the unanimous adoption by the U.N. Security Council of a resolution aimed at getting soldiers and cash for the war-ravaged Iraq.

Japanese officials said the adoption of the U.N. resolution would help clear the way for Tokyo to dispatch troops to Iraq...

The main opposition Democratic Party had said Japan should not send troops to Iraq without a U.N. resolution.