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Old 03-18-2007, 16:50 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ray View Post
To be fair, the Iraq war was not sanctioned by the UN.

Therefore, there is no obligation per se of the comity of nation to clean up the mess.

Yet, at the same time, from a humanitarian standpoint, one should step forward to stop the rot!
The Israeli incursion into Lebanon to crush Hezbollah was not sanctioned by the UN, either. Yet a multinational UN force sits there.

I say the obligation is a moral one, and a very strong one, at the very least.
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