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for a stonger and deversified eu
for a stonger and deversified eu
Anthony said:The unification process, I believe, really began when America decided to get rid of the British, and so a unification of some sort was made possible.
orginally posted by lauren430
I don't know enough about this to comment, but my first impression hearing about Turkey's potential membership is ....since when has anyone ever thought Turkey is IN Europe? At least I never have. Although I suppose the point is that the boundaries of "Europe" have never been defined.
financeguy said:
On this basis, Britain should be kicked out of the EU because of:-
(1) Illegal anti-terror legislation found to be unconstitutional by its own top judges
and
(2) The country's participation in an illegal war which is against the UN charter
financeguy said:Rubbish, the war was in no way authorised by the UN Security Council. Check your facts my friend. In regard to your point about 16 of the 26 NATO nations being involved, most were small and probably afraid of being bullied by the US.
STING2 said:
UN Security Council Resolution 678, 687, and 1441 all authorize the use of military force against Saddam's Iraq if it is in material breech of its obligations which were laid down in the 1991 Gulf War Ceace Fire agreement and multiple UN resolutions since then.
In addition, since the war to remove Saddam's government ended in April 2003, the United Nations Security Council has signed 3 more resolutions approving the occupation of Iraq by the current coalition. If in fact the war was illegal as you claim, why would the UN security council approve the occupation of a country brought about through "illegal means"?
financeguy said:
Please explain what "material breach" occured as no WMD were found. In order to legally justify an actual invasion you would have had to have a new resolution specifically authorising it - this never happened.
STING2 said:Resolution 1441 that was passed in November 2002 was just as specific in authorizing military action as the resolution that authorized the use of military force to remove Saddam's military forces from Kuwait back in 1991! There was no need from a legal standpoint for another resolution. In fact, there was no need for resolution 1441 from a strict legal standpoint either because the ceacefire agreement and resolution 678 from 1990/1991 authorized military force to be used in the non-compliance of "subsequent resolutions".