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Article: At War: On Iraq, Right Reason.(international support for, national political views on possible military action against Iraq )
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- National Review
- Article date:
- October 14, 2002
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Give credit where it's due: Colin Powell had a point about going to the U.N. on the Iraq question. When President Bush did so, it helped change the dynamics of the debate, both domestically and internationally. But a few distinctions are in order. The U.S. should not make it its business to enforce U.N. resolutions willy-nilly. We are challenging the U.N. to live up to its resolutions only because they happen to align with important U.S. national-security interests. Bush's speech also packed a threat (one that, if the State Department had its way, would never be made): that the U.N. can go along or be left behind as the U.S. takes action in Iraq without it. The ...
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