<<<Hey, war is war, dead is dead, and stupid is stupid. If you go to war; go to war as a LAST RESORT. That means try everything else first and then try it again. That means be sure that your goals are achiveable.>>
Thats the key to the argument, you say war was not a last resort, others say different.
Was war a last resort when Iraq invaded Kuwait.?
We could have waited until Saddam had 44% of the worlds oil under control, or we could have waited until he invaded Iran or Saudi Arabia.
Or we could have done nothing and seen oil go to $10 a gallon and Saddam had 100 nuclear missiles.
Would that have been enough, in your opinion, to represent a last resort?
Was 911 a last resort, or should we have considered it a one time event and waited for the next hit before taking action,
And even then, why not take other action than starting a war (as a last resort).
Was war a last resort in Iraq.?
We tried the no fly zone patrols at $5 bil/year and he kept shooting at the airplanes.
We tried the sanctions and food for oil programs and he stole the money and bought off powerful people even in the UN.
The UN drew 17 lines and he stepped over each one, kept persuing WMD's and accumulating offensive armaments. Refused to meet the requirements that would have ended the 1991 war.
In my opinion, words and politics did not work and unless something was done Saddam would have his nukes and WMD's and the time to implement a 'last resort' would have passed.
We could say goodbye to Israel and all other investments in the ME.
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