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Originally posted by Iron_Ranger:
What excaley are we waiting for? Why do we need Frances approval to defend ourself? The UN? The UN doesnt even inforce its own resolutions. Why should we commit ourselfs to a orgnization that frankly is usless IMO.
Its my understanding that it wasnt the insepectors job to prove he had weapons, it was Saddams job to give them up. You could tell he wasnt going to do that along time ago. So whats the bloody hold up?
Why is that people think we can disarm Saddam with resolutions, despite 12 years of failing to do so?
Why should we pass at least 18 resolutions in the U.N. Security Council, spend way too much time trying to build an international coalition to pressure Saddam to disarm, and continue to take no action even if he doesn't comply with our U.N. resolutions.
Again I ask, whats the hold up?
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It's a bit of a stretch to say that an invasion of Iraq by the US is considered self defense. I doubt Iraq could ever pose a direct threat to the US. Sure he could sell WoMD to someone who may, but then anyone could. We commit ourselves to the UN because we are a part of the UN, whether that be good or bad. We can't choose what UN decisions we'll abide by and which ones we don't. If the US feels that the UN is useless, that it needs to look at withdrawing from it.
We hope to disarm Saddam with resolutions and increased pressure of war. Sure it may not work, but all possible peaceful solutions need to be exhausted before opening that can of whoop ass.
War may be a quick solution, but it's not really the smartest. If the US and Britain invade Iraq under the flag of disarming Saddam's WoMD, and Saddam does in fact have active WoMD, do you think he would hesitate to use them on British and US forces? I think not.
It would be in the US's best interest to allow weapons inspections to run their courses if only for the intelligence that would be gathered. To find yourself storming accross the desert only to be confronted by a dozen SCUD's loaded with chemical and biological warheads would be a really bad scene.