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cosmicone

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2. Except that this resolution doesn't contain the "serious consequences" clause

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 27, 2013, 12:17 AM

Sep 2013

which the bushies used to make the war legal in the minds of faux-brained fools who didn't know that the authorization to war must have the "all available means" language.

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Very much like Resolution 1441 that Bush claimed enabled the Iraq war. joshcryer Sep 2013 #1

Except that this resolution doesn't contain the "serious consequences" clause cosmicone Sep 2013 #2

Yeah, but it lacked "all necessary means," which a Chapter 7 clause would have. joshcryer Sep 2013 #3

Well, it's good that it justifies neither force nor sanctions. David__77 Sep 2013 #4

Very good. /nt Ash_F Sep 2013 #5