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George: American action toward Iraq should be diplomatic in nature, not military. The policy of economic containment in place for a dozen years has done much to stunt the Hussein rule, and our focus should continue to be united and civilized under the UN charter. As David Remnick states in The New Yorker: "A victory over Saddam legitimatized by broad, if not unanimous, international support and, if possible, participation would have a meaning quite different from that of one imposed in isolation." While we know that the War Powers Resolution authorizes the executive branch to commit troops for ninety days without congressional approval, we are equally aware that, if the critical estimates are correct, US troops began deployment in March 2002, with planning for the operation starting in October 2001. So it is clear that certain advocates within this present administration will conduct, if unchecked, unilateral warfare against Iraq, legally or not. Our best hope is that Secretary Powell will prevail: ""It's
the full will of the international community being directed to this problem.
And it is the international community, through its agency, the United Nations
and the Security Council, that should make the judgment as to when, where,
if, under what set of circumstances and with what potential consequences"
Iraq must comply with a string of past United Nations resolutions."
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