Re: The "Lie"
Neil Stevens <[email protected]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday July 18, 2003 06:55, Andreas Pour wrote: > Rob Kaper wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 04:56:39PM -0500, Andreas Pour wrote: > > > The Resolution - here even is the US government version > > > (http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/terror/02110803.htm) - refers > > > to "serious consequences", and says nothing whatsoever that I can > > > find about "by any means necessary". > > Before addressing in detail the points you raise, let me make some > big-picture points. > > First, starting a war is not a matter of technicalities. It's not like > a financial contract where risks are assigned. The act must comply not > only with the letter, but also with the spirit, of the law. In this > case, the spirit of the Security Council was not to war with Iraq, and > that was abundantly clear. So even if *technically* you are correct in > your interpretation, it still does not authorize the war. That can be argued on both sides. Even if Bush were wrong on one minor technicality, that doesn't detract from the bigger case for war. - -- Neil Stevens - [email protected] "I'll believe it when I see it." -- George Walker Bush -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/GKXwf7mnligQOmERAmNVAJ4j8w9dC2ZeCw+qdN/TDI74ZgGLnACdEIjf oEK+grbLbLPg8JKiVfeIIDA= =7MqY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Kde-cafe mailing list - [email protected] http://ofb.biz/lists/listinfo.cgi/kde-cafe DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this mailinglist are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent OfB.biz: Open for Business, KDE or the author's employer.