Even so, to do a preemptive strike, you need to have a good reason. Most of the world didn't think we had one.
Our Executive Branch clearly thought we had one.
So? No surprise there. Besides, I said the world, not Bush.
Our Legislative Branch clearly thought we had one.
The legislative branch is controlled by the party of the people who occupy the executive branch. Again no surprise there. But again, I was talking about the world.
The majority of the American People (normally, your gold standard) thought we had one.
The majority American people wanted the approval of the UN......aka the rest of the world.....they didn't get one.
A significant number of other nations publicly stated we had one, and a much greater number privately stated it. Still more support the action once undertaken.
A coalition of the willing? You embarrass yourself.
So the question is: Should the United States, a soveriegn, give veto authority to ANY OTHER NATION over its foreign policy and self defense? Pre-emptive, or otherwise.
No, the real question is should the US be permitted to pre empt the sovereignty of another nation because it thinks it should. That is the real question that needs to be addressed by this nation and not the GOP's hyped up, ridiculous concern over this nation's sovereignty........as if THE superpower of the world has to worry about its own sovereignty. Who's going to cut us off from our sovereignty.......Cuba?
Its time for center stage to be wrestled back from the right.......you've had it way to long. All these sophistic concerns the right has raised over the past two years are those normally associated with the rantings of children, not adults. Affirmative Action is hurting the white race and taking future jobs from our children bla bla bla......; the UN is damaging our sovereignty and making us do bad things; if you don't agree with the president, you are a traitor and must be tried for sedition and then put in the bad jail and the key thrown away; owning guns is a good thing....you can hunt for coons and rabbits and shoot cans off a post.....their moronic list goes on and on.
This is but one more fallacy with the argument of the Left, i.e., the notion that if France doesn't want us to attack Iraq that somehow, they should have a say. This is absurd.
They damn right have a say; they are our ally. Alliances, treaties.....adult documents that they young'uns among us have a hard time understanding.
Question: Throughout history, which wars have received prior approval of the United Nations? I can think of one.
How many wars has the US started pre-emptively? I can think of none. |
