At 09:45 PM 3/6/2003 +0100 J. van Baardwijk wrote: >Well, as Bush already sent 300,000 troops to the region anyway, he might as >wll put them to good use and kick Israel out of the territories mentioned >in Resolution 242. Ending the Israeli occupation would be a good starting >point for peace talks.
That would not be authorized under a Chapter VI UN Resolution, only under a Chapter VII UN Resolution.
Yeah, so? The US has already said it will go to war against Iraq, even if the UN doesn't support it. So, "it isn't authorised by the UN" is hardly a valid excuse for the US to not enforce Resolution 242.
Jeroen "Make love, not war" van Baardwijk
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