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What makes you think that we need UN approval for any invasion
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Well, that all depends on whether you subscribe to the concept of international law, or simply the idea that might is right. If you subscribe to the idea that Might is Right, then no you do not need UN approval, or indeed any other sanction, in order to invade any country you want. You have a natural right, as the most powerful nation on earth to attack or invade any other sovereign nation at any time and with any objective.
By doing so however, you vacate the moral highground which as a country you seem to want to occupy. By vacating that moral highground you lose credibility on the international scene and any potency you may have had when attempting to persuade other aggressive nations not to engage in unwarranted invasions.
All depends on how you see yourselves of course. Do you still see yourselves as the strong, moral, defender of freedom? Or are you the aggressor whom the rest of the world needs to defend against? What makes America's aggression different to any other nation's aggression?