US Sanctions To Come?
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US Sanctions To Come? |
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This weekend has seen a globalization of anti war protest marches against the war in Iraq, with marches
in U.S., U.K., Russia, France, Japan, Portugal and Spain ( BBC
NEWS | World | Middle East | Anti-war protesters take to the streets Washington
Post: Audio and Video Pravda.RU
Anti-War Demonstrations in Portugal, Spain, and USA
Following this weeks declaration by the German, French Islam
Online- News and Australian authorities ABC
Australia News - 12/11/02 : Labor rules out support for unilateral US action to insist upon a United
Nations approval of war, before an attack on Iraq takes place, it now leaves the U.S. in a quandary.
The entire justification for the U.S. in its action against Iraq is that it has weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD),
and that Saddam Hussein cannot be trusted to use it indiscriminately, although the same argument could be addressed
to the states of North Korea, Israel, India and Pakistan, who all find themselves "threatened" and retain
WMD.
If indeed the U.S. does determine upon "unilateral action" against Iraq, rather than follow the
constructive solutions presented to it, such as Troy Davis of the World
Citizen Foundation: activities or the Peaceplangroup` s PPG
Features Iraq or Hussein then itself stands in breach of international law. However, if the U.N. was
also to demonstrate consistency in its policies and conduct, then it would have to declare sanctions on the U.S.
Copyright S Coleman 2003 18 January 2003
