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Originally posted by grimm@Jan 18 2005, 01:44 PM
When the US announced there were no weapons of mass distruction in IRaq, its stated objective wasnt met. so our stated objective was a failure.
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Well, to be technical, then it was the combined effect of UN resolutions 678, 687 and 1441, which was the reasons for war against Iraq. All of these resolutions were made under chapter VII of the UN charter which allows the use of force for "express purpose of restoring international peace and security."
So it didnīt really matter, if there was WMD in Iraq or not - reason was that Saddam was not living up to the UN resolutions.
Now, ofcourse if WMD had been found Bush & Co. would have used that to justify the war, but like all politicians they always have a backdoor open, which they will use.
But at the end of the day, it doesnīt matter if the war in Iraq was legal, but what "the people" think of the war... I guess donkey riding terrorists really scare people - who would have thought that "enlightened" people anno 2005 would forget about the proportions, when some towelhead screams "allah akbar".
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