Further to this post,
Iraq: The myth of M. Chrétien’s bravery…
another letter, Aug. 21, dealing with another blinking myth (even more myths here)–this one to the Toronto Star and not published
The legal war in Iraq
Re: Daring to object: Iraq war resisters, though often veterans themselves, have been met with a cool reception, much different from the draft dodgers of the 1960s, Aug. 20
American deserters seeking to stay in Canada often claim they have refused to take part in an “illegal war” in Iraq, since the U.S. invasion was not sanctioned by the United Nations. But the U.N. Security Council, by Resolution 1511 of Oct. 16, 2003, made continuing coalition military activities in Iraq fully legal under international law, and indeed invited U.N. members to contribute troops. The resolution “authorizes a multinational force under unified command [i.e. the U.S.-led coalition] to take all necessary measures to contribute to the maintenance of security and stability in Iraq” and further “Urges Member States to contribute assistance under this United Nations mandate, including military forces, to the multinational force”.
So any member of the U.S. military who deserted after that resolution was passed on the grounds of refusing to take part in an illegal war is simply wrong. From then on the war was a legitimate, U.N.-authorized, mission.
Earlier from Adrian:
Well, They Are, In Fact, Criminally Inadmissable
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As for Iraq and more things present:
Iraq and Zhou Enlai
President who? [with link to video]
Mark
Ottawa
Nobody forced them into a war. They knew the risks when they signed up for a free education. Now they would forfeit their own honor for security of person. While shafting the people who supplied an education. We used to in an old Nation Called Canada. Call folks like this cowards. Long, long, before another coward of distinction, Trudeau. Refused to fight, while he wore Nazi regalia with his usual contempt. Codified Treason with timidity. Trying to think or make decisions based on EMOTIVE intuitive thought. Rather than LOGIC with common reasoning. Now all thats left is Legally sanctioned multicultural favoritism.
A police force intimidated by any minority group to the point of idiocy. Unelected Judges making laws that steal liberty from most, to sate the angst of the few.
People who are not willing to not stand up against evil. Are fore doomed . Swallowed by the moral blackness it engenders.
No to draft dodgers. After all for every faint heart who comes here. One of our boys takes a bullet in his stead.
JMO