Quote:
Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Bush was just that offended about the violations of international law.
|
No but you lose credibility if you are part of these resolutions and nothing is done. The US sits on the security council and was part of the proceedings that issued these resolutions. There is nothing worse to ones crediblity than empty threats. And in the international community, if a country's resolve is in question then other countries will be more inclined to disregard your national interest. The UN kept issuing these resolutions, letting their inspectors be pushed around, and continue to let Saddam flout the resolutions. Every time one of these resolutions was issued and not backed, was another day that the UN's credibilty and the US's credibilty diminshed. From my point of view we had two choices. Enforce the UN resolutions or leave the UN. Personally I think the CinC made the right call.
