[RonF]

If he wants the benefits of the sovereignity argument to hide behind when commiting attrocities then he must accept the obligations that occur because of his soveriegnity. You can't let him have it both ways. The obligations come with the benefits.

Except you're forgetting the "no-fly" zone. We have prevented Saddam from exercising sovereign authority in that area for 12 years.

[VRWC_minion]

Except you're forgetting the "no-fly" zone. We have prevented Saddam from exercising sovereign authority in that area for 12 years.

Does this mean Saddam couldn't send his army there ?

[algol]

Except you're forgetting the "no-fly" zone. We have prevented Saddam from exercising sovereign authority in that area for 12 years.

All of human history, up until sometime last century, has shown that you don't need to fly to be able to exercise sovereign authority.

Enforcement in the no-fly zone has only been against Iraqi aircraft and anti-aircraft facilities. Otherwise we could have just lined up our troops at the no-fly boundaries before the invasion.