[Always Right]

an invasion of Iraq without provocation would be illegal and imprudent and would carry many risks for America.

What is a legal war?

[ProudAmerican2]

What is a legal war?

War of self-defense

[rightwing2]

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.