Arguments for ground war - forget it

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Nov 21 13:08:36 PST 2001


Seth Ackerman wrote:


>The US deliberately did not seek explicit authorization from the Security
>Council. But all permanent members and most of the others expressed their
>verbal support for military action.

Ian Williams cited two General Assembly resolutions. I don't have my copy of the mag here, so I can't give their numbers.

Also, didn't Congress pass something very much like a declaration of war? I'm a bit confused by people who've said they didn't.

Doug



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