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| Instead of reasoning with those with whom we disagree, we demand obedience or threaten recrimination. Instead of isolating Saddam Hussein, we seem to have isolated ourselves. We proclaim a new doctrine of preemption which is understood by few and feared by many. We say that the United States has the right to turn its firepower on any corner of the globe which might be suspect in the war on terrorism. We assert that right without the sanction of any international body... We flaunt our superpower status with arrogance. We treat UN Security Council members like ingrates who offend our princely dignity by lifting their heads from the carpet.
-- Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) - Today, I Weep for my Country, March 19th, 2003 - CommonDreams |
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Article VI of the U.S. Constitution says that any agreements or treaties signed by the United States take on the force of U.S. Constitutional law, i.e. treaties we sign are extentions of our own constitution. The United States co-authored and signed the United Nations charter, which says: |
3. All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered.
4. All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.
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