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To: mistermj who wrote (216489)	2/6/2007 12:44:20 AM
From: Garden Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Thank you for providing the resolution and commentary. However, if my recollection serves me correctly, right before the invasion of Iraq, the UN was in fact conducting searches of sites in Iraq, and the US pre-empted the UNs work to determine compliance. The UN at the time, to my knowledge, was given unfettered access to all sites, it was Pres. Bush that would not allow the UN inspectors to complete the work and he invaded. The U.S. prevented the UN from making a final determination whether or not Iraq was compliant. If the UN determined that Iraq was non-compliant, then an attack would be legal. That's not what occurred here. As it stands now, the US did not uphold the terms of the resolution by allowing the UN to complete its work and make a final determination. I don't think the UN ever determined whether or not Iraq was compliant -- that's the main problem. Bush did the deciding not the UN, and he didn't have authority to start a war prior to the inspectors presenting their reports of a violation.