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Originally Posted by sneddog
Ah and there is the key word duly constituted. The UN was never and must never be given authority over US sovereignty. What gives us the authority to act in the world is the right of self preservation and the fact that we have the greatest government ever established upon the earth and that sometimes oppressed people need help to realize their freedom and potential. Every nation that we have ever conquerored has determined their own form of government and are today sovereign nations, and we have not stood in the way of that.
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Here is a better rationale and a basis for my opinion.
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Until the March 28, 2000 adoption of the $22-$28 price band for the OPEC basket of crude, oil prices only exceeded $24.00 per barrel in response to war or conflict in the Middle East.
Source: History and Analysis -Crude Oil Prices
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The US is a sovereign nation, just as Iraq is a sovereign nation. I thought you were for the rule of law. The UN is was constituted to help resolve issues of rule of law between sovereign states. The point however, is this, why are we providing for the general warfare, and making so many excuses concerning providing for the general Welfare of the United States?
I don't call it being willfully ignorant, I call it a form of states' rights.
We only engaged in war with Germany because they declared war on the US. There was no real requirement for that government to do so, except for mutual assistance with the other Axis powers.
Why does the US have veto power in the security council if that organization has no authority over the rule of law regarding sovereign nations?
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International law is a primary concern of the United Nations. The mandate for the activities in this field emanates from the Charter of the United Nations which, in its Preamble, sets the goal "to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained".
Source: United Nations (UN) : International Law Documentation
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