I find it amazing that nowhere in this thread has anyone mentioned the fact that the president of Iran has called for the destriction of Israel.

If you make a careful examination of this thread, Troll, you will see that most of the posts in it were put there long before the president of Iran made those comments.

As I recall, the final resolution passed by the UN Security Council prior to the invasion of Iraq (1411?) gave permission the use force against Saddam.

No it did not. In fact, it specifically forbade anyone to use force against Saddam, the United States included.