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To: michael97123 who wrote (151440)	11/11/2004 10:38:57 AM
From: Noel de Leon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

What happened prior to 1945 and the start of the UN was quite different to what happened after that event. Generally nation-states could do what ever they thought they could get away with. After 1945 there was a general agreement that war without the sanction of the UN was "illegal". PREAMBLE WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, AND FOR THESE ENDS to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples, HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS Accordingly, our respective Governments, through representatives assembled in the city of San Francisco, who have exhibited their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the present Charter of the United Nations and do hereby establish an international organization to be known as the United Nations. This is what Bush II has attacked via his Iraq adventure. The neocon hatred of the UN is well documented, the lack of support of the UN by the US is not in dispute, but Bush IIs actions have pushed this instrument for world cooperation on to the back burner. Thanks to Bush II all nations can now do as Japan and Germany did since there is no moral imperative nor is there a coalition to enforce sanctions on countries that re-arm with WMDs. The coalition of the willing(by some called the coalition of the coerced) is slowly falling apart. "Singapore has reduced its contingent from 191 to 33, Norway has downsized from 155 to 15, and New Zealand, Thailand and Poland are among the countries winding down, as insurgents spread fear and loathing by their acts of hostage taking. Insurgents have so far seized hostages from Japan, South Korea, Poland, Italy, Pakistan, Bulgaria, the Philippines, besides the US." timesofindia.indiatimes.com