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« on: June 28, 2006, 08:51:00 AM »

2) Iraq failed to meet the requirements of numerous UN resolutions

Are we planning to invade Turkey any time soon?
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« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2006, 09:19:06 AM »

2) Iraq failed to meet the requirements of numerous UN resolutions

Are we planning to invade Turkey any time soon?

It depends on what the resolutions against Turkey are, and what punishments have been listed as a possible result for non-compliance.  Personally, I'm not well versed on Turkey.

Turkey has consistently violated UN resolutions regarding respect of the "sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of Cyprus", the "withdrawal without delay of foreign troops from Cyprus", and reductions of military funding against Cyprus, the most recent violated resolution from 2002.  There are several other countries that have violated numerous UN resolutions including Morocco, Indonesia, and Israel.  My point is that if we're going to be invading countries on the basis of violated UN resolutions we had better reinstate the draft.

And while I do recall Bush mentioning the UN resolutions issue in the lead-up to the Iraq war, I must say that most of the rhetoric concerned weapons of mass destruction.  It should also be noted that the United Nations voted against the war that would supposedly address its resolutions that were being violated.
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« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2006, 01:08:09 AM »

2) Iraq failed to meet the requirements of numerous UN resolutions

Are we planning to invade Turkey any time soon?

The UN Resolutions leveled against Turkey do not specifically authorize military force to my knowledge.  The Resolutions against Iraq did explicitly authorize military force (See Resolutions 678, 687, and 688) under certain conditions.

Fair enough
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