Further to our discussion in class this week, please take a few minutes to watch the testimony of Lord Goldsmith before the Iraq Inquiry, the British public inquiry into the legality of the invasion of Iraq. I particularly would like you to listen to the testimony between minutes 14:00-17:30, which is his discussion of the difference between anticipatory and what he calls preemptive (i.e. preventative) self-defense. You may be interested to listen to far more than that.You may be interested to read further on the other advice Goldsmith provided to the Prime Minister prior to the official Memo we have studied, in the form of notes in which Goldsmith indicated that he thought any invasion without a further resolution would be unlawful. More on the dispute here.
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