The government created by the Declaration of Independence two centuries ago is weighing war against Saddam Hussein before he acquires nuclear weapons. And high-minded folks around the world are urging it to submit to the judgment of the United Nations as arbiter of when war is justified. Just what is the United Nations, anyway? When and how did it receive "the consent of the governed?"
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