Re: [POLITICS] Thank God for the death of the UN (Article)

From: Doug Thayer (d_l_thayer@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Mar 22 2003 - 17:54:52 MST

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    Turkey invaded northern Iraq in 1993,1995, and 1997 (and possibly after).
    See the following urls:
    <http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/kilo/kurd1991.htm>
    <http://burn.ucsd.edu/archives/kurd-l/1997.Jun/0011.html>

    To the best of my knowledge, these three invasions (40,000 troops each
    time) did not result in a single security council resolution. So much
    for "the breakdown of international law". It never functioned in the
    first place. I guess if Turkey can invade Iraq willy-nilly, why not
    the US? 

    ----
Doug
On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 06:37:47AM -0500, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
> Brett Paatsch wrote:
> > <snip>
> 
> http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/3/22/latest/10929USandB&sec=latestnadd> 
> "After weeks of delay, Turkey relented and agreed to let combat aircraft 
> fly over its territory. At the same time, however, Turkey sent 1,000 
> troops into northern Iraq, and the government said it would send more to 
> prevent Iraqi Kurds from creating an independent state. The United States 
> strongly opposes any unilateral move by Turkey into northern Iraq."
> 
> The first results of the breakdown of international law are already 
> reverberating.  If the US can invade Iraq any time it wants, with or 
> without UN permission, why shouldn't Turkey do the same?  For that matter, 
> why shouldn't Turkey seize as many Iraqi oilfields as it can, and operate 
> them for the benefit of the Iraqis under its area of control?
> 
> -- 
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
> Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence

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