On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Richard Menedetter wrote: > Anyways ... it is very important to me how american's think about international > law. > > If the majority thinks that america should do its thing, while killing and > breaking law, I will try to unsubscribe ...
The US Constitution allows the US to go to war under 3 conditions only: 1) US attacked. US can counterattack. 2) Congress declares war. 3) US sends troops in accordance with provisions of a treaty. This American believes we should adhere to our own Constitution, and never send troops anywhere unless one of the above conditions exist. When we "liberated" Kuwait from Saddam, for instance, none of those existed. We even "invited" Saddam to invade Kuwait by saying, "We do not have any defense treaties with Kuwait, and there are no special defense or security commitments to Kuwait." This was broadcast, and told to Saddam personally by one or our Ambassadors. http://tinyurl.com/4egk -- Steve Ackman http://twoloonscoffee.com (Need green beans?) http://twovoyagers.com (glass, linux & other stuff)
