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Lifer
- Nov 17, 2011
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More revisionist history from EK IMHO. The UN basically gave Uncle Sammy a blank check in Afghanistan. GWB&co may have done a good snow job in selling the Iraq war to the American and British people, but the Iraqi military occupation never received a UN stamp of approval.
The US does not need permission from the UN to do anything. Our Constitution does not contain the requirement to get a bunch of other nations saying we can do something before we do it. Our leaders rightfully ignore all those who say we need permission from the UN to do things.
That said, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 said Iraq would face "serious consequences" if they continued to not comply. The continued to not comply and they faced war. I doubt you will find a single person who does not agree that war is a serious consequence for an action.