Re: Another question

Not to mention the UN mandate was "to prevent the scourge of war", not to
rubber stamp the Empire of the United States of America.

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On 9/27/2002 at 8:53 AM Threehegemons@aol.com wrote:

>If the US should succeed in getting UN security council approval before
>invading Iraq, what will that do to the UN's credibility in the South? 
>The UN works pretty hard trying to keep the South happy--having Southern
>secretary generals, holding conferences in Durban or Rio...  But how will
>Brazil, South Africa, China, etc feel if the US is given a 'legal' mandate
>to pre-emptively strike?
>
>Steven Sherman
>
>http://threehegemons.tripod.com/threehegemonsblog/id5.html