"Palme D'Or" for Mike Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11&

[kandrathe]

Well, yes. If you use the Security Council and the UN as the standard. Were they right? Were they done with the consultation of the world politic? Tougher questions. I think by definition, any war is unjust. I actually personally don't believe in war, other than defending the homeland.

Getting back to this war. This war would not have been neccesary had other world nations strictly and honestly followed the sanctions against Iraq. But, Saddam, seeing his punishment and only inducement to comply with the UN weakening, and the will of the world eroding had only to wait, stall, not comply. Kind of like asking who is to blame for robbery, well the criminal certainly, but also those who buy the stolen property, and the fence who arranges the transactions.

From the US point of view, this war was neccesary to a] prevent a future larger conflict in which Iraq would be better prepared, b] to prevent the proliferation of WMD, and c] to prevent a future WMD attack on the US homeland. You might not agree with the NSA, CIA, DIA, or all the pre-war analysis, but that is where they were coming from and they had a pretty good case against Iraq being a source for that trouble. They tried real hard for 12 years to try an alternative route, but in the end Iraq's refusal to fully comply with "Plans A thru Y" resulted in "Plan Z". Finally, the US felt they had to unseat Saddam by force. It was a very unpopular decision, and will probably result in a single term for Bush the younger.