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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (176188)11/29/2005 5:05:50 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
678(1990)refers to the Iraq-Kuwait war, not the invasion of Iraq which happened later.

Noel, if you're reading my posts, you'll recall that I stated that UNSC 1441 directly cites UNSC 678" at the very beginning of the resolution.

It did not redact that resolution. It did not amend that resolution. It did not state that 1441 only cited "part" of that resolution..

It cited ALL OF IT, including "all necessary means".

Which is why the language of "Serious Consequences" could only suggest greater means being used (such as governmental overthrow) than was used during the first Gulf War to evict Saddam from Kuwait.

Yes, I know this is NOT what the press desired to present 1441 to mean.. But rather than it implied another resolution was required to "authorize military force" (which would have been an unprecedented step in the UN's history) which was not necessary because of the citation of UNSC 678.

If they didn't mean to assert "all necessary means" they should have withheld citing that resolution since Iraq was already evicted from Kuwait.

But they DID cite it. And that means that ALL of the language in 678 was applicable as a basis for authorizing and justifying 1441.

It is the foundation, so to speak, upon which every following resolution was written.

Hawk
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