| Subject: Is there such a thing as a "legal war"? Listen, nations violate UN agreements all the time (such as China, a great human rights violator..this is a Chinese messageboard, right?). Ultimately, like all nations, the US is a soverign nation and we will decide what is in our best interests, whether other countries support it or not. |
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Date Posted: 10:55:19 04/08/03 Tue
In reply to:
God's Children
's message, "'Opposing war not equal to supporting Saddam'" on 01:10:33 04/05/03 Sat
>The wave of protests against the US-led war
>in Iraq should not be confused with a sign of support
>for President Saddam Hussein, Peruvian writer Mario
>Vargas Llosa said.
>
>
>SRC="http://www.hindustantimes.com/wfsf/2003/Mar/17/07_
>33/images/hiResWeb214721.jpg">
>MEXICO
>
>"I am trying to make a very clear distinction between
>what I think is a legitimate opposition to a war which
>I believe to be an unjust one, and a certain confusion
>of values, of priorities," he said.
>
>
>SRC="http://www.hindustantimes.com/wfsf/2003/Apr/01/01_
>04/images/hiResWeb225059.jpg">
>PHILIPPINES
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>"The fact that this war is illegitimate does not seem
>to me to endow Saddam Hussein with any more
>legitimacy," Vargas Llosa said.
>
>
>SRC="http://www.hindustantimes.com/wfsf/2003/Mar/03/04_
>03/images/hiResWeb203009.jpg">
>AUSTRALIA
>
>The Iraqi president "remains a bloody dictator, one of
>the worst the modern world has known," said the
>Peruvian writer, in Madrid for the launch of his
>latest book, "El paraiso en la otra esquina" -- which
>means "Paradise in the other corner".
>
>
>SRC="http://www.hindustantimes.com/wfsf/2003/Apr/04/05_
>46/images/hiResWeb227441.jpg">
>SOUTH KOREA
>
>Vargas Llosa argued the war in Iraq was illegitimate
>because "it was being fought against the will of the
>United Nations, the only institution representing
>international order".
>
>"I deplore this war not only because of the victims,
>for the innocents who die, but also because of its
>consequences," he said, citing the rift between
>European states as one of its most serious
>repercussions.
>
>
>SRC="http://www.hindustantimes.com/wfsf/2003/Apr/01/09_
>57/images/hiResWeb224938.jpg">
>THE VICTIMS OF WAR
>
>"We must make a huge effort to be rational and prevent
>this war from continuing to cause such terrible
>damage, which can last long after the wounds of the
>victims have healed," Vargas Llosa said.
>
>
>SRC="http://www.hindustantimes.com/wfsf/2003/Apr/01/09_
>57/images/hiResWeb224937.jpg">
>THE RAVAGES OF WAR
>
>...and on a final note, over 60 countries around the
>world strongly oppose this war. It is not sanctioned
>by the United Nations and it is indeed, an ILLEGAL
>WAR.
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