Listen to yourself. You are admitting that the reasons were wrong, but are also claiming that I need to prove my charge. Not only does the lack of real justification consist of my evidence, but your AFAIK-knowledge of the intelligence is quite delinquent; it has essentially been admitted that it was a sham (stepped on, manipulated, embellished, cherry-picked - FAKED). Please don't pursue the "good faith" argument by claiming Saddam outsmarted all the intelligence agencies. Please.
------------------------- Is the Iraq war based on fraud or error? AFAIK, every major intelligence service in the world agreed Saddam was hiding his WMD program, and the UN found him in violation of international law. Have you read the post-mortem analyses on how Saddam wanted his enemies to believe he might have WMD stockpiles? If you can convince me the government knew Saddam had no stockpiles, then I might agree with you. There must be evidence to convict. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ma ni Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Libertarian] Non-libertarian act of Berkeley City Council Are you replying to MY post? Since the WHOLE Iraq war is based on fraud and does not defend our country, it initiates aggression and is unconstitutional; is a war crime. --------------------- Acts of war and other uses of the military are constitutionally authorized. Please see Article 1, Section 8, as well as Article 2, Section 2. There is no prerequisite to declare war in order to use the military. Whether at war or peace, some small percentage of individual people will commit crimes, be they soldiers or civilians. _____ The main support for my opinion that the US military is a criminal enterprise: iraq war & many past wars; fraud, unconstitutional, illegal, initiating aggression, torture, war crimes, etc. ---------------------
