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Originally posted by emcon5
You started by stating what the law is, then departed from reality when you got to the "No such resolution exists" part.
The President went to the UN as a courtesy to the our "allies" europe who later turned out to be in bed with Hussein. The fact that they pussed out is irrelevant. We don't need UN approval, because we already had it.
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No, that's clearly not true. First, Bush sought out a war resolution such as that obtained for the first Gulf War, then when it became clear that several countries on the Security Council would veto the resolution, he claimed that he could use an older resolution, the one you referenced. Unfortunately, that resolution doesn't contain the required language to enable one UN member nation to attack another member nation. The US governments unilateral invasion was and remains illegal under US law.
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There is a chronology of applicable security councel resolutions here, including the "subsequent relevant resolutions"
You note by its absence a resolution removing 678's requirement to "use all necessary means to uphold and implement resolution 660 and all subsequent relevant resolutions"
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All necessary means is not an authorization for aggressive war, sorry, no cigar. A key ingredient in the cease fire signed by the Iraqi's in 1991 is that it is with the UN, not the US government. There was no treaty with the US government because Gulf War I was a UN operation.
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Hussein started a war which he lost.
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What war are you talking about, the Iraqi's didn't start a war with the US government.
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Part of the terms for him losing was he had to comply with a certain conditions put forth by the security councel, which he did not do.
Whether or not the Iraq war was moral or ethical I am done debating, because everyone has their mind made up, and it is a waste of time. But the "illegal war" BS is and always shall be complete end utter nonsense. We had every legal right to remove Hussein from power.
OK, show me a link to someone credible, and I'll be happy to read it.
Tom
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The US government controls all Iraqi oil leaving the country, or didn't you know that? What do you need, copies of the ships bills of lading?
Who do you think is receiving payment for that oil?