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<blockquote data-quote="Slothrop" data-source="post: 167034" data-attributes="member: 4707"><p>Sorry Canon, only the UN Security Council can authorize the use of armed force. Any country that unilaterally use military means to enforce a resolution without itself being in violation of the UN Charter.</p><p>So why are we conducting airstrikes in Baghdad? We are not at war with Iraq's government, we control their military. Why are we calling in airstrikes in what is clear to most everyone is a civil war?</p><p></p><p>Preemptive war is only justified under international law when an attack is imminent, such as enemy troops massed at a border. The United States had NEVER had the policy of preemptive war. The fact that phony intelligence was used to justify the war only worsens the situation. Iraq had neither attacked nor threatened to attack the United States. </p><p></p><p>This sounds like Condi Rice in her 'mushroom clouds' statement. Iraq did not have the means or the desire to attack America. Iraq had essentially complied with 1441. How can it declare weapons it didn't have? Every knowledgeable person knows that there were no WMDs found in Iraq that were manufactured post 1991.</p><p></p><p>We were not 'forced to fight', it was a war of choice. We haven't brought democracy to an oppressed people.</p><p>I don't think we will make the world safer by attacking Iran or North Korea. Of course, under the Bush Doctrine, we will not negotiate with them, so I don't hold much hope for a peaceful solution. Follow the money if you want to see who benefits from our reckless policies.</p><p> If you closely read the archives I believe you will find that I am civil until someone begins name calling, then all bets are of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slothrop, post: 167034, member: 4707"] Sorry Canon, only the UN Security Council can authorize the use of armed force. Any country that unilaterally use military means to enforce a resolution without itself being in violation of the UN Charter. So why are we conducting airstrikes in Baghdad? We are not at war with Iraq's government, we control their military. Why are we calling in airstrikes in what is clear to most everyone is a civil war? Preemptive war is only justified under international law when an attack is imminent, such as enemy troops massed at a border. The United States had NEVER had the policy of preemptive war. The fact that phony intelligence was used to justify the war only worsens the situation. Iraq had neither attacked nor threatened to attack the United States. This sounds like Condi Rice in her 'mushroom clouds' statement. Iraq did not have the means or the desire to attack America. Iraq had essentially complied with 1441. How can it declare weapons it didn't have? Every knowledgeable person knows that there were no WMDs found in Iraq that were manufactured post 1991. We were not 'forced to fight', it was a war of choice. We haven't brought democracy to an oppressed people. I don't think we will make the world safer by attacking Iran or North Korea. Of course, under the Bush Doctrine, we will not negotiate with them, so I don't hold much hope for a peaceful solution. Follow the money if you want to see who benefits from our reckless policies. If you closely read the archives I believe you will find that I am civil until someone begins name calling, then all bets are of. [/QUOTE]
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