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| quote: | Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0
So what if US helped France. That doesn't mean that France should support every action commited by the US. As I said many times before, US helped France fight a defensive war, while is now asking the French to support them fight an offensive war. If the US was to be attacked, I am pretty sure France would support it. But US is not attacked, at least not by Iraq, so there's no reason to support the offensive. And since the US is a member of the UN, and has all the rights and priviledges UN members do (even more than most), it should also comply with its rules. Defying the UN is basically defying a global community, and I think that we should work towards creating a more united and connected planet rather than returning to the state isolationism. Besides, UN can't block a US attack on Iraq, but it can say it doesn't support it, and that's exactly what France is doing. It's not like France will use its military to counter the US. But US should be aware that the most of the world is against the action. And if they still decide to do what they intended, they will do it against the will of the global community and they will suffer economic and diplomatic consequences as an indirect result of their defying of the UN.
Btw, why do you people keep bringing topics like this into the chillout room when there's a nice political debate section here also? |
Yea you got a good point. I don't mean to argue with you, we were just debating and it made me sound like i was for the war which i'm not. I'm against this war with Iraq and i think people are underestimating Iraq. I would like for Saddam to be captured or killed or watever. The French arent trying to have another World War so thats probably why they aren't backing the US, however i agree that if Iraq attacks then the French should back the US.
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