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To: GST who wrote (195700)8/7/2006 2:56:39 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
Pretend anything you like, but the US tried and failed to win support for the invasion of Iraq, and failing that decided it would do it on its own with a little gang of countries it called the "coalition of the willing" operating outside the UN.

As I recall, the US implemented its OWN SOLUTION to ousting Saddam from Kuwait in 1991.

And if memory serves me correctly, Operation: Iraqi Freedom's coalition members were greater in number (as participating countries) than in Desert Storm.

Hawk



To: GST who wrote (195700)8/7/2006 3:19:22 PM
From: stockman_scott  Respond to of 281500
 
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To: GST who wrote (195700)8/7/2006 4:01:52 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 281500
 
It doesn't have to decide on behalf of the UN. It decided on behalf of the US. The US was a party to the war, the major party against Iraq. The US largely created the conditions for the cease fire agreement and determined the terms of the agreement. The US was at war. An agreement was signed to end the war, and the agreement was violated multiple times.


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