The Iraq War retrospective Thread

[kandrathe]

Near as i can tell the logic of your argument rationalizing the war in Iraq is that it was reasonable for the US to believe that Iraq was a threat (either at the moment or in the near future), and that this possible threat was enough to warrant aggressive action by the US against Iraq.

That is the agreed upon standard of how nations behave, yes.

It's funny, i've heard the same logical argument elsewhere recently... hmm where was it? oh yeah, the case in Texas where law enforcement saw a possible threat to the children of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and because of the possible threat they took action to remove them. In this instance you were aghast at how Texas overstepped it's authority. So which is it? Does the possibility of threat warrant the aggressive action? or is it just that much easier to use relative morality when the victims of that aggression are half a world away?

Are the FLDS nations? No. They are individuals protected by a State and Federal Constitution's bills' of rights. So, here you too are equating individuals and the juris prudence of individual rights with that of nations. Where is Iraq guaranteed the rights from a "Bill of Rights" of nations? If you believe the UN is that governing body, then who is the world's police force?