But the legitimate basis for a war on Iraq is not America's desire to bully the world and spread her empire, with or without the neocons' phony, sanctimonious moralism. It is America's survival.True, but when you're fighting for survival, you can make good use of sanctimonious moralism. Heck, you embrace it, if it'll help.
But the people engaging in the sanctimony aren't thinking about survival, they're thinking about world conquest.