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Originally posted by dave
Why is it so wrong for the United States to want to right a past wrong? Why can't the US try and undo a bad thing it's done?
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When US and other nations provided materials for those WMD, it was not wrong. However now that those WMD are illegal, it is the UN's job to address the problem. And the UN is doing just that.
If the UN decides to authorize an Iraqi invasion, then so be it. That is not questioned. What is wrong is when the US president says we will attack another sovereign nation without a Constitutional declaration of war and without UN authorization. Also just as bad are Cellar Dwellar who endorse such actions.
And so we return to the George Jr administration concept of pre-emeption. Does the US now have the right to attack any nation only because it might be a threat? From that same document is the first justification for such action - that the US should not let any other power become a competitor.
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The whole foreign policy attitude of the administration is a reflection of some of the worst aspects of Cold War foreign policy - the most glaring and disgusting of which is arrogance.
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Pre-emption takes arrogance to a new level - facism. To encourage this new attitude, the administration even encourages hate and fear - so that draconian laws such as Patriot 1 and Patriot 2 will be enacted.