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I feel making the morally correct decision should in most cases out weigh what is politically and legally correct. In the Kosovo intervention the United States and NATO went behind the UN in an attempt to do what they felt was morally just. Although, they justify using force is acceptable in order to fight for human rights. The real question...In an time of emerging moral order, should we put legality in the distance and focus on doing the right thing instead of what is politically correct? I believe if there is no political gain and people want to fight for a sound and moral cause , no law should stand in their way.

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