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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (4244)	12/3/2004 9:41:53 AM
From: Neocon	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7936

From one of the sites we have been using: Nonetheless, the principle of self-defense can be extrapolated to anticipate probable acts of aggression, as well as in assisting others against an oppressive government or from another external threat (interventionism). Therefore, it is commonly held that aggressive war is only permissible if its purpose is to retaliate against a wrong already committed (e.g., to pursue and punish an aggressor), or to pre-empt an anticipated attack. The liberation of Iraq was a sufficient cause to make invasion morally legitimate.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (4244)	12/3/2004 11:56:53 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7936

There were no WMD and there was no link to aggression (eg Al Qaeda)) against us. There where signs of WMD programs in a stalled status that could have been restarted as soon as sanctions ended. There were links to Al Qaeda but they where very limited. I'll even say they where probably not enough to go to war over. There were stronger ties to other terrorists. There was the fact that the original war had never been fully settled. Iraq under Saddam seriously violated the cease fire rules in a number of ways and also fired on American aircraft and apparently plotted to assassinate former President Bush. And finally there was the simple fact that Saddam held over 20 million Iraqis in a state of oppression. That last fact doesn't provide much of a practical reason for war but it does provide a lot of moral justification. Tim