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To: Oeconomicus who wrote (159898)	1/19/2004 3:50:31 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) of 164684

Unilateral means one-sided. The US "coalition" was pathetic, but even if several other major countries signed on, an unprovoked invasion of Iraq by a group of countries would still be "unilateral" unless Iraq attacked them first. There was no basis to invade in "self-defense". The UN, on the other hand, had unfinished business in Iraq concerning the repelling of the invasion of Kuwait, and the UN had a justifiable basis for invasion -- the US did not, nor did its "coalition". The US invasion was 100% pure unadulterated unilateralism at its worst -- and to rub it in, it was fraudulently touted as a war to disarm Iraq. If the US had chosen to work through the UN, which it did not, then the US could have done this very differently and avoided a unilateral invasion. This war was done as a matter of policy -- as a matter of choice, and the choice was to act unilaterally or to work through the UN. The coalition-building by the US was a miserable failure, but no matter what the coalition or who it included, the only way of avoiding unilateral war was the UN.

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