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To: Bilow who wrote (125740)	3/10/2004 9:17:47 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

There is nothing in Iraq that justifies US casualties, but the argument doesn't generalize to other places or other times. Sure there is... It's called freedom, progress and hope.. 3 things which you seem to believe are not worth fighting for, nor worth suffering for... But one can easily adopt your isolationist indifference and extrapolate that NOTHING outside of US borders is worth the life of an American. And this would include humanitarian assistance and religious missions. Just screw the rest of the world, right? Don't help them to help themselves, in order to extract them from the grasp of Religious and Secular Fascism.. You're the one that didn't give a hang about unity before the Iraq invasion. Sure, I would love unity.. But important principles eventually have to be upheld, including binding resolutions from the UNSC.... When the UN issues a binding resolution, it must have the authority of enforceable law, or the entire institution has no credibility.. France and Russia chose to oppose the majority of the UNSC (9 of which were ready to vote with the US last spring) and prevent the UN from enforcing its binding resolutions. And they did it to protect their oil and economic interests. Hawk