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The Iraq war was not sanctioned by the UN in the end was/is regarded as illegal.
by raxxorrax 5y ago
The Iraq war was not sanctioned by the UN in the end was/is regarded as illegal.
- refurb 5y agoTrue, but the UN passed 16 resolutions against Iraq leading up to the war. That leant a lot of legitimacy to the war itself. The US coalition ended up withdrawing their resolution since it would have been vetoed, but felt like they had enough legitimacy from the UN to go ahead anyways. And not to split hairs, but "illegal" to whom? The UN? Ok, but the major powers were the guilty ones. Who would enforce such a charge of an "illegal war"? Who had the power to actually enforce it?
- h2odragon 5y agoFirst or Second?