Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings -- They did it by killing all those who opposed them
Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings -- They did it by killing all those who opposed them
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
I would say that France, Germany, and Russia are virtually alone in their opposition to the war.
Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
I would say that France, Germany, and Russia are virtually alone in their opposition to the war.
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
Really? Is this why Bush decided not to seek another U.N. vote?
Originally posted by Jason Menard:
I think Chirac saying he will veto a new resolution "in all circumstances" pretty much made it pointless, don't you?
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Originally posted by Younes Essouabni:
It is just an excuse, at this moment USA did never win a majority. The only country following USA are UK, SPain and Bulgaria. Not one more country. So, indeed USA is virtually alone, while France, China and Russia have the support of many countries and the support of the public opinion.
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I don't know about the Security Council but there are certainly other countries around the world that support the US
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
All this is well-known.
If there were no vote on the new resolution, the legal situation might be governed by Resolution 1441, adopted on Nov. 8, which threatened "serious consequences" if Iraq did not disarm. But if the resolution is defeated, an attack against Iraq would be in violation of international law.
Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
I don't get this:
Was President Bush by himself in the Azores this weekend? I would say that France, Germany, and Russia are virtually alone in their opposition to the war.
Originally posted by <AmericanEagle>:
I urge everyone to read this article, but it is posted here especially for the likes of Mapraputa.
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Originally posted by <AmericanEagle>:
Map has continuously made a point that there is no proof of atrocities going on inside Iraq, and that references to them are American contrivances to cover the true US economic intentions of any Iraq invasion.
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Originally posted by Jason Menard:
And you of course know this because there was a vote where everyone raised their hand? Anything regarding who would have or wouldn't have voted one way or the other is speculation at best.
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< AmericanEagle > you have no freedom of speech here. What ever right to speech you have is what ever is granted to you by the owner of this site. Try actually reading the Constitution. It says that Congress will pass no law restricting your speech but it says nothing about Jason restricting your speech. The owner of this site and his chosen representatives reserve to themselves the right to shut you up whenever we feel we should. Don't like it? Start your own website.
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
I don't care if it is legitimate or not
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is
I do not remember that I ever said anything about "atrocities going on inside Iraq" at all. I quoted sources (90% of them from respectable US press institutions like CNN or New York Times) that questioned some of "finding" regarding Iraq's WMD. WMD only, not atrocities.
Originally posted by <AmericanEagle>:
Try taking that logic to its logical end, and you would see any would-be dictators herein defeated legally, socially, criminally, and possibly militarily, depending on which logical end you take. I am on US soil, and your servers are on US soil; i have first amendment rights here and you do not legally have any rights to take that away from me.
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Originally posted by <AmericanEagle>:
Try taking that logic to its logical end, and you would see any would-be dictators herein defeated legally, socially, criminally, and possibly militarily, depending on which logical end you take. I am on US soil, and your servers are on US soil; i have first amendment rights here and you do not legally have any rights to take that away from me. You are right about the owners of this site and its servers; they could shut down the site and servers to silence any and all of us, but then we'd continue to exercise our rights without the existence of the site. By the way, the First amendment is not in the Constitution, that's why it's an amendment to it.
AmericanEagle
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Originally posted by <AmericanEagle>:
Jason:
As a conservative libertarian, I believe in pure freedom of speech, including the views of anyone who cares to contribute to a dialogue. Map has continuously made a point that there is no proof of atrocities going on inside Iraq, and that references to them are American contrivances to cover the true US economic intentions of any Iraq invasion. Surely I am free to counter that view.
I'm picturing members of the European Parliament debating what the appropriate response is while people are being murdered in Bosnia. After all, the legalisms are so much more important than a few dead people. Bah! The time for debating is over. It is time to put an end to this.Originally posted by Axel Janssen:
That's the point. In our morning TV this was the dominant topic.
European perspective is more legalistic.
USA has a more anarchistic view regarding international law.
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Originally posted by Axel Janssen:
That's the point. In our morning TV this was the dominant topic.
European perspective is more legalistic.
USA has a more anarchistic view regarding international law.
If the Security Council don't legitimize the war, the americans just do it.
Europeans fear that this will damage international institutions. We fall back to a time where the strongest just does what he likes.
And stronger nations were never short of finding a just case for a war. America has not a big problem with that, because militarily they are by far the strongest.
On the other hand international law has an enforcement problem. Saddam did not comply to UN resolutions in the past 12 years. He hindered inspectors doing there work. I could not do that with my national police.
... or that if Gaddafi chairs human rights commitee the things are yet damaged.
[ March 18, 2003: Message edited by: Axel Janssen ]
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