I guess I could preface by saying that I agree, in principal with AFG's statement about wmd's.
However, despite the fact that I do not hold much regard for the current administration, I'm quite happy that there are democratically run countries that hold arsenals of devastating weapons. Or at the very least, are vastly technologically superior to unstable countries. No, this doesn't just apply to the USA, it include Europe, Canada, Japan, etc. Why? because this allows us to impose some form of responsible useage of such horrible implements. It's nice to say that no one should have any (same goes with guns), but until everyone agrees (never), it can't happen. So until that time comes, I'm glad that governments where the people ultimately make the decisions are the ones with the upper hand.
I do not agree with the arrogance shown by the bilateral invasion of Iraq by the USA and Britain (yeah, there were other countries involved, but let's be honest). I never believed they're reasons for the invasion, and I opposed it as such. While history has justified my point of view, the ousting of Saddam was a very good thing, and the attempt to bring democracy to Iraq about as noble a cause as possible. If they had made that they're argument, and included the fact that Saddam had refused to comply with the 1991 (is that the year?) armistice, I think I would have even supported them, or at least given it serious thought. I also think that they would have gained UN support on those grounds. Added bonus, even though I believe that a good part of their motivation was greed and cronyism, that may have been generally overlooked since they would be going in with a noble cause.
As for WWII, it was inarguably a noble cause. Holocaust notwithstanding, Hitler had already annexed Austria and was working his way through Europe before enough countries joined together to hold him back. A pity the States hadn't joined in at the beginning, might have been a different war. The bottom line is that Hitler had to be stopped.
WWI was a different story entirely. It started with an assassination and blew up from there along old alliances and, dare I say it, hurt feelings and grudges.
LuvMyKribs, I know what you're trying to say, but Slip is right, your logic does seem rather circular, ends justifying the means. However, Slip, it seems that you're arguing for the sake of arguing. Cough - Dethjam - cough.
Now, can't we all just get along?
