Tsk, Derek. I'm not talking about arguments, not even as set forth by Pollack, I'm talking about legal justifications under the laws of war. You're going to be a lawyer, you know the difference between argument and law.
There were plenty of reasons given, but how many actually legally supported the war? From March, 2003 (note to people without a sense of humor, I wasn't serious about some of this):
>>BTW, if you're creative, you could probably list 20 reasons to invade Iraq. I don't feel like it at the moment, but I am sure that I could.
Starting the list:
1. WMD.
2. Oil is a necessary commodity for the US and allies.
3. Human rights.
4. Terrorism, in general.
5. Al Qaeda, in particular.
6. Democracy for real, not an excuse.
7. Footprint in region, part of imperialistic aim.
8. Fixing the mistake daddy made.
9. Getting even with the guy who tried to kill Bush's family.
10. New world order.
11. Helping Israel, but not zionistic world domination.
12. Zionistic world domination.
13. Desire to conquer the entire world on behalf of the US.
14. Helping oil buddies get rich.
15. Boosting the economy by helping the US military industrial complex.
16. To thumb our nose at the EU and UN and show that we are a nation of unilateralistic cowboys.
17. To oppress the people of color of the world.
18. Crusaderism, imposing Christianity on the world of Islam.
19. Globalization.
20. Insert your reason here.
Or maybe, just maybe, to make the world a better place.
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