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Re: Christ, where have I been?, or, The uses of rhetorical devices
gbaikie — (archived)

"I grasped the Administration's position just fine, thank you. Faced with the objection that civilized nations don't attack other nations without a clear case for self-defense, the Administration used the existence and the will to use WMD as the justification for a first-strike pre-emptive attack against Iraq."

Actually you don't grasp it.
WMD were part of the cease fire agreement. Iraq regime violated this agreement. Therefore they nullified this agreement, therefore there was not an agreement that ended the war. Therefore the war in which Iraq invade Kuwait didn't end. That's the legal justification in a nutshell.

Agreements must upheld. By not upholding international agreements you are inviting other international agreements not to be respected. If you think treaties are worthless pieces of paper, you are inviting a world of war and horror of unimaginable proportions. In other words you are French- words are merely a pleasant sound, played to amuse the masses.

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