Another example of Dr Paul utterly superfical, child like world view and fundemental mental incompetnence.
To start with the accusation the US stated the war is utterly idiotic drivel without even a hint of rational merit.
Saddam Invaded Kuwait, the 2003 war was merely the extention of the 1991 due to Saddam's complete failure to abide by the Cease Fire.
Just War doctrine has NOTHING at all to do with "starting wars". It is completely possible to start a war and wage a just war. Here is Just War doctrine. Iraq fits all of them.
The strict conditions for legitimate defense by military force require rigorous consideration. The gravity of such a decision makes it subject to rigorous conditions of moral legitimacy. At one and the same time:
* the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain;
* all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective;
* there must be serious prospects of success;
* the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated. The power of modern means of destruction weighs very heavily in evaluating this condition.
Are you out of your mind? Iraq doesn’t fit ANY of those criteria!
That begs the question if according to the Christian Just War doctrine, we should have gotten involved in the 91 Gulf War at all
But result of that war supports Ron Paul's view.
We were told that Saddam was Hilter incarnate yet, when we had won a military victory, Bush Sr. listened to the U.N. and refused to go all the way to Baghdad.
Moreover, he also supplied Saddam with the helicopters that he used to gas the Kurds.
2003 is the result of the failure of United States foreign policy and another war had to be fought 10 years later.