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Jackson50 on 03 January 2009
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1) You called me immature and then you imply that I do not condemn terrorism perpetrated against Israel? Ironic, to say the least. I find it odd that you have turned this into some weird personal attack.

2) That is in no way comparable to the Germans asking us to stop helping France. That comparison is laughable. Iraq is a sovereign nation. The US only has the authorization to operate there by UN mandate (which it no longer has)or a SOFA agreement (which it currently has). If Iraq does not desire the US or other nations to continue the war, the other nations have no recourse. That is why it is irrelevant if the US asked those nations to stay. Iraq said all non-US forces must cease military operations by May 31 and withdraw from Iraq by July 31. You fail to grasp that it is no longer our war. Also, terrorist attacks have decreased. They may not have ceased completely, but they have decreased.

3) I am uncertain how I can respond to your meandering points. No, the US does not require UN authorization to defend itself. With that being said, invading Iraq was not a war of self-defense! If it is not a war of self-defense, and Iraq was a war of prevention and neither self-defense nor preemption, it requires UN authorization. I have found that the consensus is that Resolution 1441 did not authorize use of force. The US does not have the authority to interpret and enforce the UN's resolutions.

I do not have to prove myself to some wannabe pedant attempting to debate me on the internet. I will say that my relationship with my uncle Phillip Revard, who is the Research Director for Governor Granholm, has provided me many opportunities to discuss such matters with the Governor's legal counsel and other officials who are quite knowledgeable. I also have discussed this matter with many professors at the MSU College of Law. I find it sad that you posted a picture of me in a vain effort to discredit me. You have embarrassed yourself greatly in this thread, Comrade.