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Originally Posted by SC_Steve
again... read resolution 4114 (the reason we invaded)
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I assume you mean 1441? Yes, you must, cause 4114 doesn't exist. 1441 can be found here:
http://www.mideastweb.org/1441.htm
OK. Read it. Don't really see how it's relevant. The US was going to go to war anyway. Remember all of Bush's comments about how the US didn't need UN approval to "defend itself?" Or, in the words of Colin Powell,
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If Iraq violates this resolution and fails to comply, then the Council has to take into immediate consideration what should be done about that, while the United States and other like-minded nations might take a judgment about what we might do about it if the Council chooses not to act.
http://www.accuracy.org/un2/
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In other words, if the Council decision does not match what the Bush administration has unilaterally decided, Washington will implement its own decision regardless.
The UN resolution was just a feeble gesture on Bush's part to demonstrate "multilateralism" after the massive outcry against acting without UN approval. It was written specifically so that Iraq could not possibly hope to meet its stipulations. The US was going to war anyway; it just wanted to make a show of international cooperation.
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