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To: TimF who wrote (196043)	8/8/2006 10:13:42 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The unusually strong US/French resolution pertaining to the Lebanon war may be taking this statement into account too as israel was indeed attacked by hizbollah. Gulf war occurred because a member state was attacked by a rogue state. The precedent of allowing that to be successful is unacceptable to the UN. The Hizbolla attack should be treated the same way. Can you imagine a situation where kurwait in defending itself was villified for collateral damage while dealing with an aggressor? Certainly not, but not the same for israel. "Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations"

To: TimF who wrote (196043)	8/8/2006 11:41:19 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<The Gulf War was an American plan from the beginning> The US was a lead participant in the UN. But it was in the UN that the US played a role. The US itself did not act along nor did the US sign a cease fire. Your repeated attempts to make it seem otherwise put you into the general category of liar. The Us could not alone act to enforce a cease fire to which it was not a party - that is a fact. Lie if you must to promote your views. But that is what you are doing when you say it makes no difference because it was just the US acting all along anyway.