The predicament our pro war folks have.---r1

Well no weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq yet. Lots of possible sightings, but no confirmation. Yet!

Since none have been found, the pro war folks are saying the war was justified anyway. Because the dictator who killed millions is now gone! But when they argue this they fall into quite the predicament.

Here is the predicament! Valid reasons for invading a country are to protect the innocent. Now if we're so for invading countries and protecting the innocent it follows that we must invade Cuba, China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan etc. Afterall they say the Iraq war happened to stop the loss of innocent life. So when you ask the question should we invade Cuba, China, Saudi Arabia to protect the innocent, they are met met with a predicament. If they answer yes they have USA being the world policemen. If they answer no, then they are being intellectually dishonest and inconsistent. Usually when you ask if we should invade China to protect the innocent, they say no because they don't have weapons of mass destruction. But when they say this, they forget why they jumped to the arguement to invade countries that hurt the innocent. They jump to the argument because no solid evidence of WMD's have been found.

So what is the lesson here? I think it's this. USA was heck bent on goin into Iraq. We will use any justification to do it. Now if you're going to use any justification, be prepared to be consistent in your argument and and let it apply to all situations.

R1

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