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To: GST who wrote (191636)	7/13/2006 10:13:48 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The UN outlined our responsibilities as invaders and occupiers of Iraq. The UN did not authorize the invasion. Of course it didn't.. It's not the role of the UNSC to dictate the rights of sovereign nations to go to war. HOWEVER, the UNSC did legally lift its restrictions against member nations going to war outside of self-defense by asserting that "all necessary means" are availble to be used to bring Iraq into compliance. Those means are left up to the respective member states to decide. They could economic sanctions, or military action, or just getting everyone together at Aspen to discuss "ideas" over a Starbucks Latte. Effectively, a BINDING UNSC RESOLUTION absolved the UNSC from the responsibility of preventing military force from being used to uphold their resolutions. Hawk