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Originally posted by LiveDose
which law is he breaking. please be specific?
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Here are a couple of possibilities just to humor you:
- Pact of Paris (or Treaty for the Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy or Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact,1928): It made aggressive war illegal and its initiation an individual crime. The Nuremberg tribunal sentenced Nazi leaders to death for violating it.
- United Nations Charter (1945): The primary purpose of the United Nations is "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war" (Preamble). Accordingly, "All members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means" and "refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state ..." (Article 2).
- North Atlantic Treaty (1949): "The parties undertake,as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, to settle any international disputes in which they may be involved by peaceful means ... and to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations." Force is contemplated only when a member nation is attacked.nbsp; In any case, the parties are to carry out the provisions of the treaty "in accordance with their respective constitutional processes."
As JeremySF has said, the excuse they will try to use is the previous resolution. Of course, arguing that the previous resolution allows an attack against Iraq is even more unbelievable than Bill Clinton asking what the meaning of "is" is, but Republicans have a very short memory.