Iran Angling for Seat on UN Security Council

No, this isn't a joke. Knowing the UN, they'd probably grant it.

The United Nations General Assembly will hold a vote Friday on Iran's request to become temporary member of the organization's Security Council.

Iran may be under three sets of sanctions from the UN Security Council over its nuclear program, but that has not stopped it from campaigning for the temporary membership.

The chances of Iran winning the Asian regional seat against rival Japan in Friday's voting are widely viewed as slim-to-none: Victory would require support from two-thirds of all General Assembly member countries that turn up for the secret ballot.

Yet experts said just being in the race at all may be prize enough for Teheran, which announced its candidacy in September 2007.

We have a presidential candidate who wants to sit down with them without preconditions, so why would the world object to having these maniacs on the security council? After all, should we be tolerant and open to dialogue?