3rd May 2003, 3:19 PM
Quote:So it's okay for the US to not help France with their pointless wars but it's not okay for France to later refuse to help the US
Point well made, but Weltall is sure to point out that France's interests were imperial, while our interests in Iraq were security interests. That is, if we believe Saddam Hussein was a clear and present danger to the United States. And if you don't believe that, it was for liberty reasons. And if you remember that the US has SUPPORTED brutal, corrupt dictators (like Saddam) in the past without since apologizing for such actions, it's because the president wants to finish what his Daddy started...which is, after all, such a just cause. </sarcasm>
To make myself clear, I believe that the war on Iraq has done a lot of good for the world. And I'm glad it happened. It has freed a nation from a terrible, brutal, corrupt dictator. It has opened a window of opportunity for peace in the Middle East. But was the United States in an ethical position to justify such a war? No.