Wow, put Ricahrd Perle on the list with Paul Wolfowitz of neocons who should not get press if it can be avoided. At an engagement in London, Mr. Perle said:
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"I think in this case international law stood in the way of doing the right thing."
" ... international law ... would have required us to leave Saddam Hussein alone."
"[French intransigence] left no practical mechanism consistent with the rules of the UN for dealing with Saddam Hussein."
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Full story here.
While I am no big fan of international standards of law, and utterly deplore the U.N., I had no idea that members of the Pentagon would be so forthright in publicly dropping the pretence of applying legal arguments to the invasion of Iraq.
Between this and the DoD's recent rebuttal of the notorious "Saddam-Osama link" memo, one cannot help but wonder if the Pentagon will take Iraq's place in President Bush's 'Axis of Evil' soon and be scheduled for liberation sometime in '04.
Phaedrus
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"I think in this case international law stood in the way of doing the right thing."
" ... international law ... would have required us to leave Saddam Hussein alone."
"[French intransigence] left no practical mechanism consistent with the rules of the UN for dealing with Saddam Hussein."
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Full story here.
While I am no big fan of international standards of law, and utterly deplore the U.N., I had no idea that members of the Pentagon would be so forthright in publicly dropping the pretence of applying legal arguments to the invasion of Iraq.
Between this and the DoD's recent rebuttal of the notorious "Saddam-Osama link" memo, one cannot help but wonder if the Pentagon will take Iraq's place in President Bush's 'Axis of Evil' soon and be scheduled for liberation sometime in '04.
Phaedrus
