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The UN should just make resolutions it has no intention of enforcing.
That's good global policy and surely other little tin pot dictators won't interpret that as a signal that they too, can get away with flaunting UN resolutions.
Good thinking!
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Why wasn't this cleaned up at the end of the last
Gulf war? Why is enforcing 1441 important now? and
not 5 years ago? How many countries are in violation
of UN rulings? Turkey, Israeli are for sure, maybe the
US should attack them.
OIL (hint, hint)
Ozz, Five years ago we had Clinton and we did not have 9/11.
Please identify what UN resolutions Turkey and Israel violate? At least with respect to Israel, the resolutions all seem conditioned on reaching a peace agreement with the Arabs. That has not happened.
But this is the first time that I have heard that Turkey is violating UN resolutions. I would be interested to know what they are.
Ozz, Five years ago we had Clinton and we did not have 9/11.
Please identify what UN resolutions Turkey and Israel violate? At least with respect to Israel, the resolutions all seem conditioned on reaching a peace agreement with the Arabs. That has not happened.
But this is the first time that I have heard that Turkey is violating UN resolutions. I would be interested to know what they are.
9/11 and Saddam are not proven related.
US international policy depends on the individual
president? This has been building for years.
I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
Why wasn't this cleaned up at the end of the last
Gulf war? Why is enforcing 1441 important now? and
not 5 years ago? How many countries are in violation
of UN rulings? Turkey, Israeli are for sure, maybe the
US should attack them.
OIL (hint, hint)
at teh end of the gulf war we agreed to let alternative methods work.
UNSCOM under Richard Butler was sent in.
Iraq cheated and hid its weapons. Real infor didnt come till we had a major defector in 1995 to point out where stuff was. Much was then destroyed. Iraq then decided theyd had enoough of Butler and accused him of being a US spy.
UNSCOM was replaced with UNMOVIC under Hans Blix, hand chosen by France and Russia to take a softer line than Butler.
Blix was also thrown out of Iraq (effectively - thanks Tony)
in '98. Clinton responded by a limited bombing campaign.
In the event this proved ineffective in brining Iraq to heel.
In 1999 Clinotn and Blair were focused on Kosovo. Afterwards Clinton was impeached, and was in no position politically to lead a controversial foreign policy initiative on Iraq. He did attempt to bring peace to Israel and the Pals, which, if successful, could have laid the groundwork for an anti-Saddam coalition. However it failed.
Bush came into office, intent on a for policy of no nation buidling, and focusing on domestic agenda. Powell attempted to maintain containment of Iraq at lower political cost to the US by impementing smart sanctions. He was blocked by France and Russia who wanted to drop sanctions completely.
Then came 9/11
The admin now faced several new factors
1. It was now shown that terror groups could manage things not before thought possible. The absence of conventional delivery systems for WMD capable of reaching North America was now of lesser relevance, irrespective of any direct Iraqi connection to Al Qaeeda
2. Teh administration reexamined evidence for Iraq - AL qaeeda connections - while the evidence was still sketchy, this was taken in light of the fact that all earlier evidence of AQ's intentions and capabilities had been sketchy
3. It was noted that terrorism DID have roots, but unlike foes of US policy, the admin identified these roots in the olitical situation in the Middle east, including anti-west fundamentalism directed by powers in Saudi, among other places
the US thus had a strategic imperative to do the following
A. Solve the pal problem
B. Solve the starving Iraqis problem
C. Begin democratization in the arab/muslim world
D. Gain leverage over states that support terrorism, including Saudi
All of these gained an urgency they did not have before 9/11.
For reasons that we can discuss, the admin saw regime change in Iraq as advancing ALL these issues,and thus as essential to the WOT, in addition to dealing with the issues in 1 and 2.
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9/11 and Saddam are not proven related.
US international policy depends on the individual
president? This has been building for years.
Turkey - military occupation of N. Cyprus.
(edit - wrong smilie)
Could you please cite the resolution for us??
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The thing is, missles have agreed to destroy Hussein back.
NOW, we're onto something.
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Originally posted by Sandman
I don't think that these worthless missiles are even as good as the V2. The V2 had a range of 200 miles.
The Americans must have a copy of 'How to invent a casus belli, for idiots'.
mileage range is IIUC part of UN resolutions going back some years, it wasnt determined by the Bush Administration.
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Of course, Saddam is stalling. Otherwise, he would have accepted the destruction of his Al-Samouds earlier. He accepted at the very last moment to make the Security Council feel awkward, by asking the question :
"is he ready to comply to the UN to avoid losing his head ?"
I'm sure the pro-peace countries feel the answer is yes. And I'm sure the pro-war countries feel the answer is no.
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Originally posted by Spiffor
Of course, Saddam is stalling. Otherwise, he would have accepted the destruction of his Al-Samouds earlier. He accepted at the very last moment to make the Security Council feel awkward, by asking the question :
"is he ready to comply to the UN to avoid losing his head ?"
I'm sure the pro-peace countries feel the answer is yes. And I'm sure the pro-war countries feel the answer is no.
Spiff:
We note that Alain Juppe and others are expressing concern to maintain the Franco-american relationship. While I realize that Juppe and these others have not expressed views on Iraq that I share, i am heartened that there are some in France who are concerned with Atlanticism, who realize that the US is not the principle threat to peace, and that it is not worth damaging our relationship "to save a dictator"
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I'm sure the pro-peace countries feel the answer is yes. And I'm sure the pro-war countries feel the answer is no.
Just a quibble - those in US who support the admin on Iraq are not "pro-war". we long for peace. we feel that this war now, will advance the long term interests of peace. I realize that one might say that about many wars and be wrong, but i refuse to be tagged as less pro-peace than some whose actions i think have in many instances obstructed peace.
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