To: rightwing2
an invasion of Iraq without provocation would be illegal and imprudent and would carry many risks for America. What is a legal war?
To: Always Right
What is a legal war? War of self-defense
To: Always Right; ProudAmerican2
Under widely-recognized provisions of customary international law, a country has the right to go to war in order to defend itself, to defend another country from attack. However, pre-emptive attacks and aggressive wars are explicitly outlawed under international law. That is what we tried the "war criminals" of Germany and Japan for doing at Nuremburg. I guess I wouldn't be overly surprised to see some US leaders hauled before the International Criminal Court for engaging in a pre-emptive war of aggression against Iraq.
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