Is the war on Iraq Justified

My prayers are with you and your husband. You don't know how much I admire you both. I am so grateful to all the soldiers and their families who are sacrificing for our freedom. Our nation is a great nation because of all of those who have been willing to make such sacrifices in our history. Your husband is part of that great legacy. God bless you both. And thanks.

I have replied to this issue at sr.no.1. fyip.

I am Sorry for the children that die because of this, but honestly we arent the ones who started this war, I have heard Iraq children go up to our soldiers and have bombs on them and kill our soldiers, along with pregnant women. It is what happens in war, Don't blame America, blame the terrorist in the country's, if they would do something about them then America wouldnt have to.

who is the terrorist??? it is the US who created the Taliban, attacked free and indpendent countries all over the world, was responsible for Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killed countless men, women, childrenin their so called war to protect "Democracy" and is solely responsible for global warming and environmental degradation. The US had no business being in Iraq! Are the the policemen?

kolkatarc ! Sitting in the comfort of a safehouse in Kolkata, it is easy for anyone to pose qustions as you did "Bush vs. Laden" - who is the terrorist ? May be you got some brainwaves on Hiroshima etc, the Taliban and what not, merely to connote on the present situation that the terrorists have brought the world in to. Your assessment of the world affairs by merely spilling facts that have become history most haphzardly withsout a closely monitored analysis of the chain of events is quite characteristic of people going by the media coverage and making a bonfire of it for gossip during leisure hours. Your vague denunciation of US action on the plea that it was motivated with an eye on the oil resources, could come in for severe criticism mostly due to the fact that, had the US action ever been deliberately done for getting hold over the oil resources, then they could have kept the whole of Kuwait, after it was vacated of the invaders under orders of Saddam. As such, your contention that US has been after the oil is without any base or reason. Regarding your allegation of inducting children of the age of 18-25 years on the warfront, which age do you suggest for recruitment for military action - at a ripe old age of 50 to 60 years ? Regarding your equating the American President with Ladan, it is too light-headed a reasoning as you are mistakenly under the impression that the terrorist network is breaking the backbone of the world powers. On the contrary, it is due to the stiff resistance by Bush Administration's intense propaganda and the result of the thrust by US and allied soldiers (even those who have laid down their lives for the world) that the terrorists are kept at bay as of now, else they could have menacingly got even the very nuclear tags in their hands. When a handful of terrorists could have enacted a hijack attempt on IC 814 and taken the plane to Afghanistan (to finally get their demands acceded to by Indian BJP government) could not the terrorists' network have not worked out a better naivete to threaten the world with a nuclear catastrophe ? Well, you seem to depend on mere conjuctions ! You got the above words of yours to chew after the entire situation has become history. Had you known all this earlier, could you not have warned the world and the powers that are doing the work out before they embarked on a massive scale to wipe out terrorism ?

The US did not hang Saddam. The Iraqi people did. They are the ones who tried him and then hanged him. The US did not have anything to do with he trial and sentencing. The man was found guilty by his people for the heinious crimes he commited.

Your notion of oil-eye will get cleared if you read my reply at sr.no.1 above.

I have replied to your dilemma at sr.no.1 above. Anyway, regarding escalation of war, my topic will soon hit the web under "Can de-escalation of war warrant peace in Iraq ?". Otherwise, the issues have been cleared at sr.no.1.

Precisely so. War against terrorism could hav ended with the ouster of Taliban from Afghanistan and had Saddam cooperated in wiping out terrorism. At the time of war in Afghanistan, the world was truly divided with Islamic nations more on the fence, due to which the airlifting of soldiers an Taliban took place, in the process Ladan and Omar got the chance to escape. Otherwise, had tight leash been maintained over Taliban's airlifting across to other places (Pakistan?), we are not really sure as to which all nations helped Taliban escape bullets, the terrorists could have been at the receiving end today and war itself could have ended. Regarding Saddam, had he cooperated with US, there would have been no doubt about WMDs and the war could have been avoided. In which case, the present rogue Iran could have been made to drink US soup. Due to the recklessness and haughty attitude of Saddam (RIP), US had to ally forces against him and oust him as well, in the process letting Iran make hay under the terrorists sun.

Then again Saddam was a ruthless and egregious dictator. That is the simple reason why he did not cooperate. If he was a decent leader then there would not have been sanctions in the first place.