> "Embraced by" the Chinese, Russian, British, and Japanese states is not
> "authorized and managed by the United Nations." Do you have ANY
principles
> that are universal?
The fact that the invasion actually enjoyed widespread support is more important to me than the rubber stamp of the UN. As I've said before, it'd be nice if the UN was an efficacious and just vehicle of international law, but it's not. I guess one could make the argument that we ought to support the UN now so that it might one day become such a vehicle.
(BTW, sanctions were authorized and managed by the United Nations. Somehow I imagine that you didn't support them. Do you have ANY principles that are universal?)
> Meanwhile, if you support the war, why aren't you fighting it? Aren't you
young? If you like your country invading
> another, you are morally obligated to put your ass in the line of fire.
I wouldn't duck a draft of a war I favored. Am I morally required to enlist? Sweeping aside the fact that I'd be shipped off to Iraq (a conflict that I, umm, now question the justice of), supporting the efforts of others in a given endeavor doesn't necessarily entail that you're morally obligated to join them in that endeavor. I wouldn't question whether or not you favored tsunami relief efforts, even if you hadn't written a check and didn't intend on doing so. (As happens to be the case, I plan on writing my checks for different causes.)
-- Luke