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To: marcos who wrote (103126)	6/27/2003 2:14:08 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

it's foundation' ... couple little minor gaps in your numbered points i notice here, like for instance what WMDs, but these have been discussed ad nauseam already, and the parliament of nations is far more important than Iraq ever was .... I don't see any gaps. Iraq was required to satisfy UN inspectors and account for all WMD production and equipment. That obviously did not happen, as we have seen this week with the Iraqi scientist fessing up. And I expect more than buried centrifuges to eventually show up. The UN issued what can only be analogized as a binding mandate, enforceable under international law. Since the UN doesn't have a standing army and relies upon the militaries of its member nations, it requires nations to enforce its binding mandates (Chapter VII). This is what happened in Korea and during Desert Storm. But for some reason certain permanent members of the UNSC were more willing to limit their actions to a war of empty words, with no intent on enforcing them. And what good is any form of international parliament if its councils issue mandates that it has no intent of enforcing?? Hawk