[MEG33]

Sigh..

[Taft in '52]

"If the rule of law is our guide, it should be acknowledged that the U.S. invasion of Iraq is a violation of the U.N. Charter, as pointed out in a letter Veterans for Peace wrote to CENTCOM just prior to the invasion."

How about Iraq's violations of the agreements it signed in 1991? I would argue that Iraq's attempt to assassinate President Bush in 1993 was in itself a casus belli.

As for the "preventive war" issue, I would argue that Operation Iraqi Freedom is merely an exercise in "assertive disarmament."