The Iraq War retrospective Thread

[Chesspiece_face]

No. You are confusing the jurisprudence of individuals with the affairs of sovereign nations.

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.

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?