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Was the War in Iraq worth it?

Was the War in Iraq worth it?

  • Yes

    Votes: 21 19.6%
  • No

    Votes: 86 80.4%

  • Total voters
    107
They may have looked for an excuse. Regardless, the excuse has to be plausible, and at the time, it was.

I'll tell you why the US was looking for any excuse to invade Iraq because they switched to selling their oil in euros in 2000 and were encouraging other nations to do the same, which would devalue the dollar and possibly lose its reserve currency status. Bush had plans to invade Iraq one way or the other eventually, especially when it came to affecting oil money.

Petrodollar Warfare
 
I'm not moving the goal posts, the debate is whether it was legal or illegal. It wasn't illegal by US law, and whether or not it was illegal by international law is debatable. Part of the debate is to what extent international law governs our actions.

One point at a time. You said they did not break there argeement.

The President can only engage in military action for 90 days without congressional approval. Congress authorized the use of military force in Iraq, authorized that use in excess of 90 days, and did not cease that use of military force.

I noted they passed the buck. They did not, however, declare war or say invade Iraq.



They may have looked for an excuse. Regardless, the excuse has to be plausible, and at the time, it was.

Having those who willingly suspend disbleif is nto equal to being plausible. There was no evidence, intel or reason to believe Saddam was growing and gathering.



Ultimately, we may have broken our agreement with the UN under some interpretations. I don't believe it was the intention to break our agreements with the UN, though.

Intentions? Like I keep pointing out, by definition, a coalition of the willing is outside the UN. So, we had to know we were stepping outside the UN, and to do so means there had to be an intent to do so. Bush was hell bent to invade, and there is no reasonable way to believe Saddam met any reasonable definition of threat that would warrant such a high cost.
 
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