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To: John Lacelle who wrote (6799)	5/5/1999 7:05:00 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (2) of 17770

<<Perhaps that tells you something. If Bill Clinton could not get the UN to sign onto this war, then perhaps it is an unjust war. You might compare and contrast the fact that when George Bush was faced with Saddam Hussain taking over the Persian Gulf, he went to the UN for the authority to stop him. Bill Clinton has not asked the UN for permission for anything. In fact, he has not even asked the US Congress for permission. This is an unjust, unilateral war being waged by a lame-duck President who is more concerned about how historians might consider his "legacy" than about destroying the nation of Yugoslavia.>> This is nonsense. There is nothing "just" about the UN, it is a purely political instrument. George Bush not only got the approval of the Congress but the approval of the UNSC because the Gulf War was a politically safe conflict which neither China nor Russia could openly oppose without severe political repurcussions. Kosovo is another matter altogether. Kosovo is fundamentally a political powderkeg. Both Russia and China have a vested interest in opposing intervention and hence, there is no possibility of a UNSC resolution for such a measure.

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