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Originally Posted by Cordelier
Resolution 1441 went further than that - there were umpteen Resolutions passed by the Security Council between 1991 and 2002 which called for those things. The difference was that 1441 formally declared Iraq to be in material breach and gave them a final opportunity to comply immediately. Resolution 1441 was passed in November 2002 - five months later, was Iraq in compliance?
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I provided copy of most of it and highlighted the parts I thought relevant to this discussion...feel free to point out the parts I missed that make your case...or supply any other resolutions.
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Originally Posted by Cordelier
Not all members of the coalition crossed the border, though... some refused on principle. Only the Americans, British, and French actually entered Iraq. Bush didn't go any further because Saddam signalled he wanted a ceasefire - it remains an open question what would have happened if there was no such signal.
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That should tell you something...I'd bet we would have pulled back to a safe distance since we had already gone beyond that which was authorized.
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Originally Posted by Cordelier
Regardless, though, I didn't ask President Bush what he would have done... I asked you whether he would have been justified in continuing the Gulf War if the Iraqis hadn't thrown in the towel.
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No...he appears to have come to the same conclusion.
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Originally Posted by Cordelier
We're there in support of our NATO ally who was attacked on 9/11 - under the terms of the North Atlantic Treaty, an attack on the US is the same for us as an attack on Canada.
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Why didn't you join us, your ally, in Iraq?