Originally posted here by Terr
And the US Govt. is flamingly hypocritical. "Oh, well, let's appeal to the UN about going after Saddam!... but we don't want our own people to be liable for war crimes... and when we don't *call* it a war it isn't really a war, okay? We only work with the UN when it suits us."
And why shouldn't we? Do you think we should sacrifice our national interests every time the UN disagrees with them? The UN is making the same mistakes that the League of Nations made before WW2.You cannot back down from your demands on a despotic dictator. The very fact that the UN is even wavering at enforcment is giving Saddam confidence.He will just continue to dash and dodge until he has had time to develop or obtain a WOMD. If we give him time to do that you can bet that America will be the first target...not israel. I fear bio-weapons more than anything. What if he does create a super-virus and unleash some "book of revelation" like desease?