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Originally Posted by aceventura3
I believe there is a broad war on terror. A war being fought on multiple fronts. The primary location is currently Iraq.
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Let's break this down:
Who is terror? Can you elaborate on what you consider to be the enemy, the goals of the enemy, and how we are to war against them and win? Who is "the enemy"?
The primary location is in Iraq? There were no terrorists in Iraq before 2003. There are almost none there now. The Iraqi insurgency is a rebellion and has virtually no connection to any so called terrorist organizations.
I think you missed something I posted, ace:
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Originally Posted by Willravel, the magnificent
There was one, and we took action, but each action requires UN permission. Had the US had it's own treaties and agreements with Iraq, we would have had the legal right to move on them unilaterally (depending on the treaties and/or agreements, of course). This was a UN resolution, and as such the UN was the organization to decide on any actions taken in response to their own resolutions. The US appeared before the security council, but was voted down.
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Read Articles 41 and 42 of the UN Charter. In order for a member state to take action, two votes by the security council are required: the first is a vote to explore all non-military possibilities, the second is needed to allow military action. The second vote was never reached. You see, the other nations on the Security Council were satisfied with the results of the UN inspections, and with the benefit of hindsight we all have no choice but to recognize that they were right. It is in this way that the invasion of Iraq was illegal.