According to Kofi, the Korean War was illegal because the UN SC didn't vote unanimously.
There may be a Kofi that believes that, but it wouldn't be Kofi Annan. I can tell that you didn't want to look up what is required for a binding resolution to be passed by the UNSC. That's ok, it's hard. How about my earlier question...who told you that a unanimous vote was required?
Kofi Annan has only one thing in mind, which is restraining the US from acting in the US best interests.
Very funny. Kofi Annan's problem is getting countries to do something. He has no power other than a bully pulpit. The UN Secretary General can't vote on a damn thing.
Most of the world's leaders are dictators.
What's the count?
France purposefully acted to thwart US actions in Iraq, and to contain Iraq.
France insisted that there should be a separation resolution authorizing force, 1441 didn't.
They were behind the forged Niger documents.
You're saying that France was behind the forged Niger documents! What were they trying to do, get the US to invade Iraq?
The French oil deals with Iraq were worth billions.
And the US told them if they supported the war, they would be covered. Not supporting the war would cost them billions. France didn't take the attempted bribe.
The French don't want to forgive Iraqi debt on that very reason (and the French economy couldn't bear the lost revenue
The Paris club has $120B of Iraq debt; France is $3B of that. The Paris club has never forgiven debt of an oil rich country. You may recall that Bush said that Iraqi oil would pay for the war and the reconstruction and it would only cost the US $1B...he was off a little, but what would you expect from an MBA under Ken Lay's wing. But France has promised to forgive some debt and the Paris Club was waiting for a report from the IMF before it would decide the amount. I don't know whether the IMF has submitted their report or not.
Most of the world's leaders are dictators. They are unelected, having taken control by coup, assassination, or were born into the role.
How many dictators have been supported by the US. Pinocet, Saddam, the Shah of Iran?...nice guys as long as they were pro-US.
We're not just talking the 1990 invasion of Kuwait, but going back to the Iran-Iraq war, which killed more than 1 million combined, saw widespread use of chemical weapons by Iraq against Iranian forces, and threatened the global economy in the process.
The Iraq-Iran war...that was the war that the US liked. And when Iraq gassed the Kurds, the US defended Saddam....since he was our dictator. Your claiming that there was widespread use of chemical weapons during the war. I think that's like your claim that a unanimous vote of the UNSC is required. It sounds nice, but it's empty.
Since the US was keen on contintuing the Iran-Iraq war, are you saying that Reagan/Bush Sr. were willing to threaten the world economy in the process? You may recall that under Carter, Iraq was a "bad" State, when Reagan came in, it was a "good" State.
Halliburton, under Cheney, was using their French subsidary to get around the sanctions against Iraq.
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