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To: The Fix who wrote (17726)	2/1/2003 3:41:07 PM
From: RWS	Respond to of 206223

U.N. Charter Chapter 1, Article 2: "All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered; and, All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner consistent with the Purposes of the United Nations." Chapter 7, Article 51: "Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security." Colin Powell at Davos, Switzerland January 26, 2003: "We continue to reserve our sovereign right to take military action against Iraq alone..." My interpretation of this statement is that the Bush administration knows that an attack on Iraq would be a war crime and is trying to assert some type of super-power sovereignty that puts it outside or above the law. An international standard of might makes right, as it were. As there is no actual casus belli, the only explanation for the U.S. attacking Iraq is that those making war have something to gain. Making war for gain is not only illegal; it is immoral. As for the government of Iraq and its crimes, it is one of many such regimes, and there are a host of tactics available to deal with it short of war. RWS