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Politics : New FADG.
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (980)5/25/2007 5:50:46 PM
From: HawkmoonRead Replies (1) of 4152
 
It is an occupation. Quit fooling yourself.

Geezus WR.. you're smarter than that..

How can an "occupied" country be recognized by the UN as a member state and have a posted UN ambassador?

en.wikipedia.org

Name me one other "occupied" country that has that status? (hint: Palestine isn't one of them because they only have non-member "observer" status).

The US is in Iraq under UN authority, whether you agree or not. The UN has recognized the new Iraqi government, and accepted it's ambassador as a representative of Iraq to the UN.

And I reiterate, because it would seem that a good many of you think you can arbitrarily invent new definitions for words, that the US still has troops posted in Germany and Japan, and neither of those nations would refer to themselves as "occupied".

So please stop this semantical revisionism. Iraq is a duly elected government, put into power in a free and fair election in which over 1/2 of the Iraqi population participated. Why do you feel you have to speak for the Iraqi government?

Let the IRAQI GOVERNMENT decide whether they are "occupied" or not.

Because who the hell are we to make such a judgement?

If they don't want us there, then let them pass a referendum demanding the withdrawal of UN authorized coalition forces.

Hawk
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