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Postman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 09:15 AM
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Richard Pearle: Invasion of Iraq was an act of uncivil disobedience...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1089158,00.html

Pearle: "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"
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lefty_mcduff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 09:16 AM
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1. Okay - so why aren't people being taken away in cuffs.
Pesky international law. Now, cue the Jackson video....
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Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 09:21 AM
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2. Pretty much what the Nazis said...
...when they were accused, tried and prosecuted for aggresive war.
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 09:23 AM
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3. As many of us here have said since the beginning... the invasion
was illegal. They knew it, and they did it anyway. Innocent civilians were killed. Those are war crimes, and the parties who pushed for the war should be in the Hague. It's as simple as that.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 09:24 AM
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4. "Operator, would you please connect me to the Hague. Thank you.
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