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Originally posted by on-ramp
You[/I] are the illegal invader, you are the aggressor, you are setting up shop in their country.
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No, that is where you are quite obviously wrong. We ARE the illegal invader if we had no justification. We had justification from just about every angle: (1) We are not bound by the UN, as our invasion uncovered endemic corruption and profitteering at the expense of starving Iraqis. This corruption was more than evident pre-invasion. (2) Humanitarian reasons (used to be a good excuse some years back, but I suppose legitimate humanitarian reasons are not, apparently). (3) Violation of resolutions and a corrupt organization unwilling to enforce the resolutions (see #1). (4) Most importantly a direct relationship with al qaeda that made this invasion as important, and obviously more important, than our invasion of Afghanistan.
We were not the aggressor, we were the responder. Saddam was the aggressor, pattern aggressor at that. He was funding and harboring al qaeda. He was fueling the problem and we were the solution. We were and are the peacemakers. We are the liberators.