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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: D.Austin who wrote (10810)	2/20/2003 11:02:32 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Nation \Na"tion\, n. [F. nation, L. natio nation, race, orig., a being born, fr. natus, p. p. of nasci, to be born, for gnatus, gnasci, from the same root as E. kin. [root]44. See Kin kindred, and cf. Cognate, Natal, Native.] 1. (Ethnol.) A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock. All nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues. --Rev. vii. 9. 2. The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own. A nation is the unity of a people. --Coleridge. Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. --F. S. Key. 3. Family; lineage. [Obs.] --Chaucer. I think the article you have posted means "countries" or "governments", as "nation" usually refers to the people populating that country. So "Ten former Communist Eastern European nations said Wednesday that Mr. Powell's speech had convinced them that Iraq was "in material breach" of UN resolutions." is a bit confusing. Anyway, to answer your question: Have you noticed which nations believe military intervention in Iraq are justified ? As I said, no nations (as in, "body of inhabitants of a country") believe military intervention in Iraq is justified if it is not sanctioned by the UN. Taking your meaning as "countries", through their official representatives, it seems the ex-Soviet newly-democratic states in East-Europe believe military intervention is justified, despite their public's opinion to the contrary. Now why is that? I am not sure, but it might have something to do with their relative histories, or a soft spot for the US, coming from back when they were under Soviet rule. Or maybe something as simple as heavy lobbying? American lobbyist swayed Eastern Europe's Iraq response iht.com