Big surprise, the Bush 43 Admin is playing the Big Brother card and doublespeaking by explaining that the Iraq Attack wasn't illegal because of UN resolution 1440 which promised serious consequences if Saddam didn't give up his WMD. There is a catche with this defense. The UN Security Council must still vote to specifically use military force. I know this because before the Iraq Attack there was a load of coverage in the news about how the Bush 43 Admin was (essentially) trying to bribe countries who were on the Security Council to get them to support invasion. When it turned out that not enough countries were going to vote for military force, the Bush 43 Admin decided that they wouldn't bother to call for a vote in the UN at all. Better to go in on your own then ask for permission only to be told no.
If you're a cop and you're told not to enforce a law you don't get to go off and enforce it anyway. If you know your boss is going to tell you not to enforce it, but you do anyway, that's the same as being a vigilante. It's not morally right or legal to take the law into your own hands in most cases. ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WORLD TELLS YOU TO NOT DO IT.
This is also true if you make a big mess of things.
You get the point, though, that the Iraq Attack was illegal, regardless of what Bush and Co. tell us. Check out the headlines below for more quality coverage:
US says Iraq invasion was legal
The US has rejected the United Nations secretary-general's claim that the US-led invasion of Iraq was illegal.
US disputes Annan's view on invasion
Chicago Tribune (subscription), IL - 12 hours ago
NEW YORK -- The US on Thursday challenged UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's statement that last year's invasion of Iraq was an illegal act. ...
US advises Annan to keep silent
Daily Times, Pakistan - 49 minutes ago
UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Thursday said UN Secretary General Kofi Annan should have kept silent after he re-ignited the angry debate over Iraq by ...
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