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To: Lane3 who wrote (4506)2/18/2003 6:52:02 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 7720
 
I agree with you. I think that the UN has a sound basis for blowing Saddam to smithereens. But, corrupt or not, that's their decision, not ours. If we go it alone, it has be because of the threat to us. IMO, of course.

I think a reasonable argument against going it alone can be made, but I don't think that it can be right for the UN to do it and wrong for us. The UN is just a forum for nations to argue in, or a framework for them to cooperate within. It has more members then say NATO or the EC but isn't any more an authrority over the world then they are. In the case of a security council resolution you are talking about 5 nations agreeing (the countries with Vetos) and just 3 out of the other ten countries going along. The votes of 8 nations doesn't represent a decision "of the world" or of a legitimate authority over the world in my opinion.

Tim
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