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To: tekboy who wrote (65641)	1/13/2003 3:21:12 AM
From: frankw1900	Respond to of 281500

I'm not particularly impressed by international law as a major force in world affairs.... It's interesting how people flip on international law with regard to conduct of states depending on their interest at the time. They flip from If it's not forbidden, it's allowed. to If it's not allowed, it's forbidden. Old constraints on the terms of an original treaty combined with new conditions can leave the world in difficult positions. For example, with regard to human rights, the UN Charter probably would not look the same with regard to intervening inside countries if one goal had not been to get the Soviets inside the tent.