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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (41747)11/23/2005 2:28:33 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (2) of 90947
 
"The Europeans and Canadians, our NATO allies, have violated them for years"

LOL! They weren't our sanctions!

"It's HAD decades! The UN is about 60 years old."

I'm talking about a policy of invasion on humanitarian grounds. This is not a current policy. You've indicated that the UN is not up to the task given its make-up. I've suggested that you then start a more amenable alliance dealing more pointedly with the terrorist threat, with WMD, and with internal genocide.

And when I spoke of economic sanctions it was to offer the perspective that these can serve as a front for a hidden agenda of military intervention. The world would accept an alliance to deal with crimes against humanity through economic sanctions, whereas the world would not accept an alliance aiming at military intervention. However, once foot is in door--in years to come the world could come to appreciate a broader and more incisive policy of dealing with genocide, terrorism, and WMD...
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