07-02-2004, 12:19 AM
Gerald I was responding more to Mike's post than an overall justification for the war.
My personal views on the war are a mixed bag. Ive never been a big supporter of it, even though there are many "smaller" reasons (like what I listed) that make an excellent point to take Saddam out of power. However someone I was talking to about it the other day made the point, that we as a country were not directly threatened by Iraq, and therefore war was unjustified. This point was simple but definately struck a chord. However under more thought I believe the point to be a bit shallow and oversimplified.
The US certailny wasnt under direct danger when Japan blew the fuck out of hawaii, and Europe was not under direct threat from Hitler until it was too late. (and ironically then, Germany was under weapons sanctions after WWI, which hitler repeatedly broke and dodged, but the europeans refused to enforce them, fearing more war- how ironic. This gives curious insight into the european thought of placing actual importance on due-diligence and process over actual enforcement - but thats another subject entirely, and damn this was a long parentheses!)
My personal views on the war are a mixed bag. Ive never been a big supporter of it, even though there are many "smaller" reasons (like what I listed) that make an excellent point to take Saddam out of power. However someone I was talking to about it the other day made the point, that we as a country were not directly threatened by Iraq, and therefore war was unjustified. This point was simple but definately struck a chord. However under more thought I believe the point to be a bit shallow and oversimplified.
The US certailny wasnt under direct danger when Japan blew the fuck out of hawaii, and Europe was not under direct threat from Hitler until it was too late. (and ironically then, Germany was under weapons sanctions after WWI, which hitler repeatedly broke and dodged, but the europeans refused to enforce them, fearing more war- how ironic. This gives curious insight into the european thought of placing actual importance on due-diligence and process over actual enforcement - but thats another subject entirely, and damn this was a long parentheses!)