From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Sat Mar 22 2003 - 17:23:33 MST
I need to read all the posts in a thread before replying,
and wasting people's time.
John Clark wisely notes
> "International Law" is a silly term anyway, a "law" means things must happen
> this was as in the laws of motion or it means punishment will result from
> law enforcers. "International Law" is neither of these as was recently shown
> when Iraq thumbed its nose at UN resolution 1441 and the UN did nothing;
> therefore I think the term "International Law" should be retired on this
> list and replaced with what it actually is "International Suggestions".
> > If the US can invade Iraq any time it wants, with or
> > without UN permission why shouldn't Turkey do the same?
> For the exact same reason it has been throughout all of history,
> they'd get the shit kicked out of them if they did.
A student of history, I see.
Ron adds
> It is true that the League of Nations failed and now it appears that
> the United Nations will fail also. For purpose of discussion let me
> assume that the UN is dead and is just in the process of final collapse
> -- it is over but the shouting.
I wish to demur. I also thought that all the leftists were dead
wrong when they gave for one reason not to invade Iraq: "It will
mean the death of the U.N.".
The U.N. will always be around. It will always be around just as
it is now, and will always pass resolutions condemning someone or
other. This is hardly a useless role. The weight of world opinion
does matter.
The U.N. will stay alive and in its essentially same position
because and only because it will continue to be supported by
Earth's major nations. India, Russia, the U.S., France, Germany,
Japan, China, and the U.K. will continue to support it for the
very same reasons that they always have. There is even a hope
that its authority will grow.
But it is a setback for the U.N. when it proved itself unable
to back up its own resolutions. And that's no one's fault but
France, Russia, Germany, and China, the gang of four.
Lee
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