At 12:11 13-10-2002 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: > > But what truly lawful grounds do we have for messing with Iraq? To be > > "lawful" any action would have to be sanctioned by some official body > > such as the UN or NATO. > >Iraq's government has broken numerous treaty provisions and defied UN >resolutions.
The keyword here being "UN". If Iraq broke a treaty with the UN and/or defied an UN resolution, then it is up to the *UN*, not the *US*, to decide whether or not to attack Iraq. If you and I enter into an agreement, and you subsequently violate that agreement, who should be the one to decide whether or not to take some form of action against you: me -- or my next-door neighbour who is not party to our agreement? Jeroen "Perfectly Legal" van Baardwijk __________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful-World-of-Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
