Given the information below, add two and two together: used ballistic missles, had relationships with terrorists, used WMD, hated America.
All these add up to a pattern that suggests a threat. Since we acted, we can't say for sure if the the threat was significant enough to act. We can also Monday Morning General and say the deposition of the dictator was not necessary then or ever. The real question is, how long do we wait, how great must the threat be, before we act. Do we wait until destruction is certain? Do we take the modern law enforcement approach and say "we can't do anything until he comes and hurts us?" Pre-emption is valid when the threat is great enough. Paul obviously believes there was no valid threat. I stand at about 60/40, maybe there was a threat, I don't think action was required in 2003. This does not, however, mean that pre-emption is an invalid use of the military. --- In [email protected], "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No part of anything you mentioned makes Iraq a threat to America or is > valid justification to use the United State's DEFENSIVE military > against him. > > > > --- In [email protected], "Brian Holtz" <brian@> wrote: > > > > > > Saddam's hatred for America (regardless of whether some think > > Saddam's hatred justified), and > > * > > > > Saddam's support for terrorists that have targeted American > > civilians; > > > > > > > * Saddam's record of aggression, in which he > > > > > > > > * killed over a million people, > > > > * invaded one sovereign neighbor, > > > > * annexed another by force, > > > > * fired ballistic missiles at two more, > > > > * defied UN nuclear disarmament mandates that Iraq was bound to obey > > as a 1945 UN Charter signatory, > > > > * used chemical WMDs in a war of aggression, and > > > > * used chemical WMDs in genocidal attacks on its own citizens; ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
