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Andrew, you are absolutely correct about the UN. It is a joke, nothing more than a farcical, powerless debating society that will be consigned to the trash-bags of history along with the League of Nations. What is the point of having a ‘UNITED’ Nations, when member states possessing a veto can simply use them to protect their own commercial interests? In the entire history of the UN, there have been only 3 occasions when force has been sanctioned and agreed by the UN Council. This is a joke. This war seems to have been billed by certain left-wing elements as a US / British only action, but don’t forget that it was the UN that first said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, not the US. Those who object to the war on the basis of it being ‘illegal’ i.e. with no UN backing, have short memories. They forget that the Serbians were bombed when there was no UN sanction, as the Russians vetoed that too. I don’t seem to remember too much objection being kicked up back then. The US is the richest, most powerful nation on earth. Sometimes it doesn’t matter how you use the power, the simple fact that you have it creates jealousy and resentment. You become a target of hate. In the same way that whenever there’s a riot, it always seems to be the Police who end up as the target of the anger, when all they’re trying to do is restore the peace. In the same way, this war seems to have been viewed by the cynical anti-war mob as a commercial, oil-driven invasion, like some 19th Century colonial land-grab. Ironically enough, the people that accuse the Bush administration of starting a war for Oil seem to ignore the fact that the only reason the French and Russians vetoed military action was to protect their own commercial contracts, with both nations also being owed huge amounts from Iraq in unpaid debts. Also, Michael Dresden accuses the US of double-standards, having previously supported Saddam in the Iran-Iraq war and sold him arms. He seems to ignore the fact that most of Saddam Hussein’s weapons came not from the US, but from France. The French even built Saddam Hussein a nuclear development plant back in the ‘70’s, and would have developed a nuclear weapon by now, had the Israelis not destroyed it back in 1981. Ironically enough, when the dust has settled on this war, the US will have the upper hand over the French. The value of French exports to the US greatly exceeds that in the other direction, so it would be easy for the US to get their own back on the French with a few tariffs here and there. We shall see…… The Phantom
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