I dunno about that second point. The comprehensive report released a few weeks back about Saddam Hussein documented a concerted effort to skirt UN regulations. I dont think that necessarily matters though, as what's a UN resolution worth anyway? The US should of just washed their hands of that mess completely.
Here's an interesting thought, if we had 140,000 troops on the ground in Afghanistan instead of Iraq, would that country already be the "beacon of democracy" we've been looking for? They at least seem to want to be free..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 10:27 AM Subject: Re: quick question about Iraq > House votes: > http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2002/roll455.xml > > Senate votes: > http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00237 > > It's important to note that both versions included the requirement > that before going to war, the president must first prove that : > > "(1) reliance by the United States on further diplomatic or other > peaceful means alone either (A) will not adequately protect the > national security of the United States against the continuing threat > posed by Iraq or (B) is not likely to lead to enforcement of all > relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq" > > > It's been shown now that neither of those conditions were met. > > > -Kevin > <snip> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=11 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:131811 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
