Thread: An Act of War?
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Old 03-26-2011, 04:06 PM   #130 (permalink)
ASU2003
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Originally Posted by Strange Famous View Post
I never really understood the concept of how you can keep the peace by dropping bombs on people.
It is the same as breaking up a fight on the playground between a bully and someone else. If you prevent the bully from being aggressive by taking out their air capability and tanks, then you prevent the creation of thousands of refugees or the massacre of thousands of rebels.

And doesn't UN approval supersede congressional approval? International treaties (like the UN charter) are treated as US law. I bet a bunch of conservatives won't like this...
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