IMO, the most important thing that Paul and his supporters (and others) seem to forget is that Saddam defied all of the UN Resolutions that ended the first war (and allowed him to remain in power!), Desert Storm, and after years and years of defiance, he was finally brought to justice. For that reason alone, we and our allies were absolutely right in toppling Saddam and his regime.
I’m against the UN so naturally I don’t agree with that. I don’t think we should ever use the UN to justify our sending troops in. On the other hand, if we said Saddam had a hand in 911, tried to kill George Bush, gave anthrax to Atta and these are the reasons for a full out declaration of war against Iraq. Then I’d be happy with it.
Most Paul supporters don’t like the UN.
Actually, most Paul supporters claim that UN resolutions are not Constitutional justifications to go to war. Of course, they completely ignore Article 1, Section 8, Subsection 10 which authorizes Congress to define and punish offenses against the laws of nations. In other words, Congress is given the right to decided if an international law/agreement is in the US's best interest to 'define and punish'.... they may not agree, but the unConstitutionality is bogus.