Hi Sam! 22 Jan 2003, "Sam Ewalt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sorry ... I have HUGE amounts of work for the university ... I'm sorry for the delay. SE> You keep talking about "international law" as if that was something SE> fixed and reliable. But I don't understand. What international law? In german it is "V�lkerrecht" ... when translated it says international law. I have to admit that I'm not really interested in the details. some links i googled: http://www.univie.ac.at/intlaw/en/links.htm American Society of International Law: www.asil.org If you are interested than I hope that you'll find answers somewhere there. SE> You seem disposed to view the actions of the United States in the SE> worst possible light. I think this is unfair and unrealistic. Maybe I sometimes play advocatus diaboli. But for most europeans war is the very, _very_ last measure. It shows complete failure of all parties involved. (and for most europeans we are not there yet) And if I hear the talks, where Bush says that he wants a regime change in Iraq (not the destruction of mass destruction weapons ...) The US does not have the right to forcefully make a regime change in the iraq without an UN mandate. (and maybe inner american mandates from congress or whatsoever) If it does so by attacking another country, than the US are the aggressor. Than US are the "bad" as bush likes to call them. PS: Sam ... Iraq _IS_ the country wich has second most oil in the world. And I personally find it ridicolous that north korea (which has the technology and the plutonium to build the a bomb) is not threatened by war from the US. bur Iraq (which has no plutonium and no technology since the golf war but muuuuuuuuuuch oil instead) is threatened. Bush very intelligently plays the "defence" card here. (Bush tries to make connections between everything he wants to destroy and sept. 11th.) SE> The United States is reasonably and appropriately concerned about SE> the safety and security of it's citizens. yes ... I also truely believe this. The question is how far do you go, and how correct are your thoughts about the threat. Eg. you have not only to look at US citizens, but also that no wrong things are done to non-us citizens, in order that US citizens profit. SE> Sam Ewalt CU, Ricsi -- |~)o _ _o Richard Menedetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> {ICQ: 7659421} (PGP) |~\|(__\| -=> How can I love you if you won't lie down? <=-
