Robomatic, while the sanctions are feeble, Iraq's only source of income is oil, and that is much more limited than many other Arab nations. Despite his best attempts, Saddam still lacks significant industrial capacity. His oil revenues are not enough to develop a significant military. As far as the U.N. is concerned, i will readily agree that it is ineffective. On the other hand, I would greatly prefer a weak, fractious world authority to a power monopoly run by America's wealthy. My concern is not that the U.S. violates international law, but that we try to create it, in a manner that it cannot restrain us.
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