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To: GST who wrote (146944)	10/4/2004 7:18:05 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Re. UN - UNSC Res. 1546 seems to endorse the American mission and goal in Iraq. Am I reading it wrong?

To: GST who wrote (146944)	10/6/2004 6:38:22 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The US encouraged other countries to work with us to overturn the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The UN was a convient forum for declarations about the conflict but if Russia or China cared to veto it the military operation would have happened anyway. The UN doesn't have authority over nations. Its declarations can be useful propaganda but they do not have the force of law. nd committed a foreign aggression by acting unilaterally to invade a sovereign nation (Iraq) that had not attacked us and posed no threat -- an act no different than Saddam's invasion of Kuwait. The war due to the Kuwait invasion had been settled by a cease fire agreement which holds as long as both sides follow it. Saddam violated it for over a decade. Also there had been a very low level war going on for much of that time. The invasion of Iraq was not a bolt from the blue. Tim