All 15 members of the UN Security Council signed on to 1441 which authorized action to be taken against Saddam Hussein if he did not cooperate and a time line was given. He did not cooperate. Again, making this action legal. Also, the US is taking steps to protect itself and its citizens as well as other countries from Saddam's regime and the dangers he does present. As a sovereign nation we do have that right and again, this does make this war legal. -- The Philadelphia Talk Radio Politics and Opinion Forum

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Date Posted: 16:23:46 03/25/03 Tue
Author: William
Author Host/IP: cache-rf05.proxy.aol.com / 152.163.188.165
Subject: All 15 members of the UN Security Council signed on to 1441 which authorized action to be taken against Saddam Hussein if he did not cooperate and a time line was given. He did not cooperate. Again, making this action legal. Also, the US is taking steps to protect itself and its citizens as well as other countries from Saddam's regime and the dangers he does present. As a sovereign nation we do have that right and again, this does make this war legal.
In reply to: Chris Henry 's message, "Our treatment of prisoners-of-war, and our double standards. Is this how we demonstrate our civilised behavior, our belief in the rule of law, our moral superiority?" on 01:53:38 03/25/03 Tue

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[> All 15 members of the UN Security Council signed on to 1441 which authorized action to be taken against Saddam Hussein if he did not cooperate and a time line was given. He did not cooperate. Again, making this action legal. Also, the US is taking steps to protect itself and its citizens as well as other countries from Saddam's regime and the dangers he does present. As a sovereign nation we do have that right and again, this does make this war legal. -- William, 16:38:09 03/25/03 Tue (cache-rf05.proxy.aol.com/152.163.188.165)

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[> [> I seem to remember this spurious sort of claim ("we must protect ourselves") being made when Russia invaded Afghanistan, India attacked Pakistan, China attacked India, Israel occupied the West Bank, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Nice bedfellows. -- Chris Henry, 00:04:02 03/26/03 Wed (cache9-2.ruh.isu.net.sa/212.138.47.20)

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[> [> [> I seem to remember this spurious sort of claim ("we must protect ourselves") being made when ....

Total BS, Chris. You invent much of your posting. China did NOT attack India and claim that it was in order to protect themselves. Nor did Japan attack Pearl Harbor in order to protect themselves and they never claimed that they did. Israel won Gaza and the West Bank after being attacked by several Arab states in a war in 1967. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in order to maintain superiority in the Pacific and their number one threat was the US fleet. -- William, 03:55:30 03/26/03 Wed (cache-mtc-ah04.proxy.aol.com/64.12.96.169)

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