4: War
Include in the determination of the legality of war everyone affected. Other Information:
If the people got to decide what would happen to war? In today's world, it's the world's biggest arms traders - China, France,
Russia, UK and US - who decide when war is "legal". As the five permanent members of the UN Security Council they have a veto
over any resolutions. Relying on the UN as the world's arbitrator of peace in this context is plain mad. Even the Iraq war,
widely seen as lacking a UN resolution and legal backing, was defended by the UK Attorney General on the basis that a previous
UN resolution was still valid. Who do these five countries' politicians represent? How did they come be seen as the world's
representatives? If we want to have a fair basis for deciding on the legality of war it has to include everyone affected.
We cannot accept a system that judges only poor countries. Partial justice is not real justice.
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