On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 19:53:25 -0400, JDG wrote
The creation of
the United Nations following World War II crystalized a concept of
international
peace and security that was in the collective interest of nations.
The United Nations was not formed to prosecute wars, but to resolve conflicts
Nick wrote:
Certainly. The kind of collateral damage we're seeing in Iraq is
unacceptable in a police action. Police, even SWAT teams and such,
operate under very
different rules. They target only the perpetrators. They don't destroy
the infrastructure of the country. They don't replace
--- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not that I don't agree with most of your post but
didn't we target Bosnian
infrastructure - bridges, power plants etc. with the
bombing. I thought
the only thing we tried to avoid was civilian
casualties.
--
Doug
A good friend of mine was
Nick,
At 11:04 PM 4/9/2005 -0700, Nick wrote:
The creation of
the United Nations following World War II crystalized a concept of
international
peace and security that was in the collective interest of nations.
The United Nations was not formed to prosecute wars, but to resolve
conflicts
At 05:23 PM 4/6/2005 -0700,Nick wrote:
Are you saying that war is the only way to get rid of an evil dictator? Or
war was the only way to get rid of this one? Am I mistaken in believing
that
in almost every other case, our policy has been not to go to war for that
reason? Is removing an evil
