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To: Brumar89 who wrote (2537)	7/19/2007 6:09:32 PM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4152

diplomacy may take time, but it will work better than war in the sense of a sustained solution. North Korea is a good example where it worked, and kudos to the administration.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (2537)	7/19/2007 6:24:18 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4152

UN sanctions on Iran have been agreed to by the UN Security Council - this is the proper decision making body for this action. A US invasion of Iran, like the US invasion of Iraq, would have no legal basis and would not at this time be supported by the UN Security Council just as the US invasion was not supported by the UN Security Council - the US withdrew its UN motion to invade Iraq in the face of overwhelming opposition on the UN Security Council. Kofi Anan referred to the US invasion of Iraq as an illegal act and not an act that was taken under the authority of the UN. The US has no right to unilaterally act in the name of the UN. Nor does the US have the right to invade another country that has not attacked us and poses no immediate threat to us. The US has no right to unilaterally attack another country. Nobody does. If one country unilaterally attacks another, then the attacked country has the right to self-defense and we have the right to help them to defend themselves. In short -- we have every right to defend ourselves, and no right to launch a unilateral attack on anybody. We have never had that right, and we never will. When we do invade unilaterally, as we did in Iraq, it is a criminal act, not an act of self-defense.