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To: E who wrote (8795)	5/17/1999 5:37:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 17770

I don't know. Interesting question. I have been more concerned with the illegality of the action generally. I have to agree with the international law experts who believe that our action is simply unlawful and violates both the Nato charter and the U.N. Charter, to both of which we are signatories. I have seen no press on the Yugoslav action in the World Court. The US has dismissed it as a propaganda move, which is a good indication that they recognize that it is well grounded and could well prevail if the World Court follows the existing law rather than creating some new doctrine to excuse military intervention in a soverign state in direct violation of the UN Charter. But if we are also violating the law on the use of cluster bombs, well, that is simply another example of the U.S. continuing to place its values in the principle that those who have the bombs can make whatever rules they want to and impose them on others, who have a simple choice: be slaves or die.