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To: marktwain
I'm not sure I could objectively criticize any nation that maintains a store of WMDs for its own defense. Isn't this exactly why the U.S. maintains the most destructive WMD arsenal in the world?

This would be especially true in the Middle East -- where some countries maintain their own nuclear weapons programs in defiance of "international law," and others aren't even bound by some of the international treaties that cover various types of WMDs anyway.

5 posted on 04/07/2017 6:44:39 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Alberta's Child

The U.S.A. is not Iran. It is not Syria. It is not North Korea.

This is the false “all cultures are equal” concept. They are not.

Of course, Iraq under Saddam did not abide by its treaties, and it did not abide by the ceasefire agreements from the first Gulf War.

I will say, the U.S. has not followed its treaties to the letter either. Treaties have been shown to be poor protectors. President Clinton pushed NATO to attack the Serbs, directly against the NATO Charter.

The problem with Iraq was that it presented a threat to many other countries, not by direct attack, but by the reasonable potential to arm non-state actors, where a nation could not be held accountable.

Invading Iraq made sense; Saddam could not be trusted. Invading Libya was stupid; Gadaffi showed that he would work with the rest of the world.

The “all cultures are equal concept” leads directly to Globalism, with every nation having one vote. No thanks.


9 posted on 04/07/2017 6:58:28 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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