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The greatest sin of the second Bush administration is poor communication with the people of the United States
This is so true Judge. I'm with you, the Bush administration needs to hire David Horowitz to communicate this with the American people.
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Hi there,

The reason that Blair wanted to go back to the UN SC was that Britain is not as well protected by international law as is the USA. Bush is immune from being tried by the International Criminal Court because the American Service Members Protection Act declares that the US military may use "all necessary means" to recover any US personnel detained by the ICC. (Perhaps they'd bomb The Hague!?)

But Blair could, in principle, be charged at any time, anywhere. And if he were charged, he would also be putting the British forces' generals in the dock with him. The hope that one day HE will carry the whole can is what keeps many in my country hot in his pursuit.

A second Security Council resolution on Iraq would have been belt and braces. It isn't actually a legal requirement, considering the many other UN resolutions that Saddam had ignored, but in the end it looked as though it WAS a requirement by the very fact of their asking for it. So, the naysayers accuse the coalition of failing to get legal backup.

Iraq was in breach of the ceasefire agreement from 1991 and had failed to do what UN resolutions required. Technically it had actually already been caught developing missiles that broke the range limits allowed and that had been found by the arms inspectors. That's enough for a legal case if you have to find one.

No country actually NEEDS a UN resolution to act. If the UN fails to act everyone is on their own. Just as well, as the UN is now as deadlocked by China and Russia voting against the US and Britain on most issues as it was in the Cold War - hence China protecting Zimbabwe and stopping any response to Darfur. All you might get from the UN on most difficult issues is a majority of votes which doesn't mean much. In 2002 France was more interested in being against the US on anything and getting back the money it had loaned Saddam. If you had the vote now it might well vote with the US as it did in 1990. Three out of 5 vetoing members looks better than two but does it matter when the UN as a whole can't agree to do anything.
Thank you for the clarification. We all need to understand where the other nations are coming from.

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