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To: Thomas M. who wrote (7205)	2/23/2004 2:36:22 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

No, you're wrong. Bush did try to get UN approval. He even held off on the attack for some time trying to work out that approval, which was never forthcoming because France and Russia, both of whom had vetos on the SC, had too many financial interests in keeping Saddam in power. What Bush did was refuse to say that getting UN approval was a precondition to proceeeding. IMO any President who said that -- who took the position that if the UN did not approve of a military action we would not take it -- would be committing treason.