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you sound like some john birch society type railing at the un
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No clue what the hell that means, but its sounds funny as hell...
To address the alleged 'contempt for international law". If there was a law that told you to jump off a bridge 35 stories high, would you do it? If you don't want to be considered in contempt of the law, you'd better jump, or risk the wrath of the idealouges who would insist that you are dangerously rebellious and downright subversive. One nees to look between the lines and understand the spirit of the UN's motivations and decisions.
The world came together in the form of a legal, internationally-acknowledged body called the United Nations, and told Hussein (in the form of International Laws) to behave himself and come into compliance. He told them to go fuck themselves. The UN gets flustered, red-faced, starts to wring its hands, looks around nervously at eachother, then decides to give him another chance. Another Internationally Legal Law, another Resolution! The farce continues, and would have continued indefinitely if it weren't for 9/11, when theory met reality.
The scholars in their insulated, idealistic, utopian glass houses will continue to oppose this war on the basis that international law was broken, while simultaneously ignoring the lawless actions of the bandits themselves. Dishonest, imo. But, aren't we all?
*getting off soapbox for now*