Yes He was! He is just giving his views on the observations that he has made for that Man (Saddam) and his country.
Any question his intelligence and thoughts. Why? Because he wrote something that you dont want to read and accept and let others in world know of your intentions and motives of going to war.
And anyways he was giving his thoughts in line of some American scholar Noam Chomsky's writings...
My question is, is the Indian Ambassador a fool or the American Scholar a fool?