War-Losing Faction

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by Ronald Cherrycoke

What makes you think that we need UN approval for any invasion..I don`t recall that we needed one for Afghanistan or Kosovo.

That is because the media hasn't covered those areas and Afganistan had at least some justification in the eyes of other countries, Bush's "you are with us or you are against us" lost us all that support.

[Ronald Cherrycoke]

Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

That is because the media hasn't covered those areas and Afganistan had at least some justification in the eyes of other countries, Bush's "you are with us or you are against us" lost us all that support.

John B. Bellinger, III, Legal Advisor to the United States National Security Council, wrote in a letter to the Council on Foreign Relations on April 10, 2003:

*

"The United States has clear authority under international law to use force against Iraq under present circumstances.

The legal authority to use force to address Iraq’s material breaches is clear. Nothing in UNSCR 1441 requires a further resolution, or other form of Security Council approval, to authorize the use of force. A 'material breach' of the cease-fire conditions is the predicate for use of force against Iraq. And there can be no doubt that Iraq is in 'material breach' of its obligations, as the Council reaffirmed in UNSCR 1441.

Accordingly, at the outset of hostilities, the United States formally advised the United Nations pursuant to UNSCR 678 that military operations in Iraq 'are authorized under existing Council resolutions, including resolution 678 (1990) and resolution 687 (1991).' The United States noted that 'Iraq repeatedly has refused, over a protracted period of time, to respond to diplomatic overtures, economic sanctions, and other peaceful means designed to help bring about Iraqi compliance with its obligations to disarm Iraq and permit full inspection of its WMD and related programs.'"



4/10/03 John Bellinger

[deadbeater]

Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

That is because the media hasn't covered those areas and Afganistan had at least some justification in the eyes of other countries, Bush's "you are with us or you are against us" lost us all that support.

No, it was the administration's 'La la la la I'm not hearing you!' attitude that crested support and converting it into hostility.