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While living in Japan my neighbor, who was a pilot, once patrolled the “no fly” zone in Iraq and spoke of his many dealings with Iraqi AA. That right there would be considered a truce breaker, justifying Saddam's butt in jail or death.

In fact Saddam had a bounty for any aircraft shot down. This was back in 2000/2001.

Hippies/anti-defense moon bats are just plain ignorant outside their own little world and big perpetual “high” they are on.

What's interesting about the 'no fly zone' and cease fire treaty, is that we can look at Federalist 3 to see something that applies.

The JUST causes of war, for the most part, arise either from violation of treaties or from direct violence. America has already formed treaties with no less than six foreign nations, and all of them, except Prussia, are maritime, and therefore able to annoy and injure us. She has also extensive commerce with Portugal, Spain, and Britain, and, with respect to the two latter, has, in addition, the circumstance of neighborhood to attend to....It is of high importance to the peace of America that she observe the laws of nations towards all these powers, and to me it appears evident that this will be more perfectly and punctually done by one national government....
....as either designed or accidental violations of treaties and the laws of nations afford JUST causes of war, they are less to be apprehended under one general government than under several lesser ones, and in that respect the former most favors the SAFETY of the people....
...As to those just causes of war which proceed from direct and unlawful violence, it appears equally clear to me that one good national government affords vastly more security against dangers of that sort than can be derived from any other quarter...

In other words, one of the reasons for the founding (Federalist 3 was establishing international affairs reasons for founding) was that what happened through out the world would effect us because the world was becoming maritime - and that it was often necessary for a government to enforce, for her own good, the laws of nations and treaties (see the US Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Subsection 10.)