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To: GST who wrote (154457)	12/20/2004 10:16:47 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The legal cause of action was the failure to comply with the UN Security Council resolutions, such compliance having been a condition of the original cease fire. The UN did not dispute that there were breaches, or that compliance was not forthcoming. It disputed whether a new resolution were needed authorizing force, a matter which turns on whether you interpret matters as a resumption of hostilities, or as a new sequence of actions. In addition, there were several purposes articulated in going to war. One was the liberation of the Iraqi people from a brutal regime. Although not as urgent as some humanitarian crises, it represented a ongoing problem that had overtones of genocide, due to the ethnic division involved. It is virtually certain that without our ongoing protection, for example, through no fly zones, that the treatment of Zurds and the Shi'ia would have been even more brutal. So, there is a question of whether we adhered carefully enough to international standards, but there is no question of acting as a "thug"...........

To: GST who wrote (154457)	12/20/2004 10:30:22 AM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 281500

"Unprovoked" by whose standards? Kofi, Kojo and yours i suspect.

To: GST who wrote (154457)	12/20/2004 3:05:17 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If you mean unprovoked than you should use the word unprovoked. Unprovoked and unilateral are not the same thing. Using the term unilateral just confuses the issue. Tim