Originally posted by GScholz
And again, please find where the UN declares Iraq a threat to the United States of America, and that the are funding "suiciders". Iraq has made no such statement.
No, you are (trying?) to play the semantics game again here.
Let me walk you through it *again*
1) 9-11 taught the US one thing, the need for preemptive self-defence.
Bush formulates it thusly:
when this nation sees a threat, a gathering threat, we've got to deal with it. We can no longer hope that oceans protect us from harm. Ok, are you with me so far? This is the basis of the attack on Iraq, the foundation if you will. If there is a threat or a gatering threat, just sitting idle and wishing it away will not help, nor will appeasement or whatever. See a threat? Deal with it now, instead of having another 9-11.
Ok...everyone following this so far?
2) Iraq was percieved to be a threat to the US, or at least a gathering threat. Why?
- Insane dictator that hates the US
- WMDs used before by said dictator
- Ties between said dictator and various terrorist organizations
- Said dictator has already started numerous wars of aggression
That combination makes Iraq a threat or a gathering threat to the US.
Because the combination of mad dictator + WMDs + ties to international terrorism + intense hatred of USA = Threat.
The UNSC has said several times that Iraq was a threat to international peace and stability. Check. The UNSC has stated several times that Iraq had to do several specific things in order to stop being considered a threat to international peace and stability. Iraq did not do that.
Ok, what does all this mean? Well, we have a threat/gathering threat (Iraq) and we have the realization that you cannot just sit on your arse and wish for all the bad people to go away.
= War
