Kathryn, you don’t have to like either Ahmadinejad (I don’t) or to have much respect for the U.N. (I don’t) to think that, so far as his idea to block Ahmadinejad from coming to the U.N. is concerned, Fred Thompson isn’t thinking straight. A key part of the current U.S. effort to contain Iran is the attempt to go through the U.N. (like it or not, in the current state of the world, that’s the best chance that the US will have in building up an effective coalition against the Iranian regime). How exactly would a decision by the US to breach its obligation (under U.N. rules) to admit Ahmadinejad (to attend the U.N. – there is no obligation to allow him to go to Columbia, or the WTC) help that effort?