Only problem with that logic is that when used by a tyrant such as Saddam...hundreds of thousands, maybe millions die.
If there are regimes collaborating with terrorists who clearly are a real threat of using their developed WMD's on us or our allies...then we should preempt them.
I believe we should make it clear that Iran and N. Korea will suffer a similar fate of some type if they do not verifiably give it up as well. There never was a peace with N. Korea...only an armistice. They are acting like that is still the fact that it is. Perhpas we should wake up to that.
As to Iraq...we did not need the WMD threat to go in there. Saddam had violated the agreements he signed to stop hostitlities in the first war over and over again. Part of that agreement, as I understand it, gave the United States unilateral authority to act. Well, now we have done so...only about 8-10 years later. I am glad we have a president, despite other disagreements I have with him over several other issues, who was willing to act in this regard and defy the liberals and the U.N.
We are better for it...and the Iraqi people are better for it. And the vast majority of them know and understand this.
Now that it is done, it is important to understand where he was with his WMD research and who was collaborating with him on it.
Just my opinion. No more, no less.
The biggest problem with crying wolf too often, is the fact that when the wolf does appear at the door, nobody will believe it. This is when the serious problem arises.