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Urbane Guerrilla · 02-11-2007, 02:25 AM

That being the matter of the seventeenth Resolution, just off the top of my head, Rk. Look for text in the UN Resolutions about consequences to Iraq should it stay in violation -- there, no?

I direct your particular attention to Resolution 1441: it is hard to imagine what if anything might have been done about the problems set forth therein short of an invasion. While 1441 didn't say "fly at it, USA," it most certainly does not say "don't." Typical UN, really -- its perennial dysfunction (designed into the institution from the beginning, some have said) compromises its international authority to a severe degree. Nations will not cede that authority to the UN, and that has the happy feature of being a check and balance.

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Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	That being the matter of the seventeenth Resolution, just off the top of my head, Rk. Look for text in the UN Resolutions about consequences to Iraq should it stay in violation -- there, no? I direct your particular attention to Resolution 1441: it is hard to imagine what if anything might have been done about the problems set forth therein short of an invasion. While 1441 didn't say "fly at it, USA," it most certainly does not say "don't." Typical UN, really -- its perennial dysfunction (designed into the institution from the beginning, some have said) compromises its international authority to a severe degree. Nations will not cede that authority to the UN, and that has the happy feature of being a check and balance. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course. Last edited by Urbane Guerrilla; 02-11-2007 at 02:36 AM.