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Originally posted by jawanda
Well, no good answers so far to my initial question ... pretty bummed about that.
-Phil
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Your question was answered, you just didn't like it so you blew it off.
Our "unilateral" war with Iraq as you call it was supported by:
Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Colombia
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Georgia
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Japan
Kuwait
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Mongolia
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Palau
Panama
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Singapore
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
South Korea
Spain
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan
Yes, that list has shrunk a bit since some of the countries got scared and tucked tail, but the fact is it was NOT unilateral. Just because this list doesn't contain some of the "traditional" allies of the United States, it includes many new ones that are alot more relevant to the region of this conflict.
Secondly, many of the allies not involved in the war in Iraq HAVE BEEN and STILL are allied with us on the war on terror. Special Operations forces from countries like Australia, the United Kingdom, Norway, New Zealand, Denmark, Canada, FRANCE and GERMANY, have been provided for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
Europe is struggling right now for it's own identity, and they'll continue to snub the U.S. as much as they can to save face, regardless of who is in power. Bush just seems to be the "Enemy Of The Day", but they'll find fault in anything relating to the U.S. if it serves their purposes.
Remember, President Clinton purposely did not approach the U.N. when he started bombing in Kosovo. The U.S. decided to make it a NATO action instead of U.N. because of world opinion. In fact, we have more allies for the war in Iraq than in that conflict. Point is, fallout was not that great from that "Unilateral" action, nor will it be from the war in Iraq.
And to even suggest that this may anger the terrorists more, you need to look at history and realize they've hated us for the past 30-40 years, but for some reason since Bush has stood his ground the most to put an end to this while others want to just pretending it's not a problem, he's the bad guy?
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Really? What did Iraq do to defy the UN's rulings? Produce Weapons of Mass Destruction???
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Lastly, although not part of your original question, I had to chime in. You really need to do some research and check the history of U.N. resolutions regarding Iraq since 1991. Iraq was not in violation for producing weapons of mass destruction, it was in violation for not proving it had destroyed weapons it already claimed to have. Regardless of if they destroyed them or not, they were required to prove they had, not the U.N. or the U.S.
Everyone member nation of U.N. was in agreement that Iraq was in violation of U.N. resolutions.... The problem was that the U.S. was the only one to do something about it.