Really? I must've missed the part where a foreign military attacked us. You know, with their own uniforms, planes, etc., and working for a government we could declare war against.
We declared war against Germany because they made no secret they were allied with Japan, unlike WWI where there were lots of secret treaties that ended up sucking all of Europe into a war over something relatively minor.
Comparing our actions today against those of the US at the start of WWII is a bad comparison. These are terrorists, not soldiers. They are more similar to pirates than enemy combatants, and should be treated similarly. Letters of Marque should be reinstated, and any government that *knowingly* gives them harbor should be dealt with agressively. The Taliban, for example, signed their own warrant by giving shelter to the Al-Queda, the media's blurring of the two organizations notwithstanding.
Our actions towards Iraq has virtually nothing to do with the attacks against us on 9/11. If you want to convince me we need to attack Iraq, you'll have to do so on other grounds, such as an imminant attack by Iraq using chemicals or biologicals (as they don't possess any nukes).
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