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Originally Posted by Charlatan
The answer from the US is, ineveitably, because we can and we want to.
No listening to their so called allies.
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I suppose I'm a warhawk so as you said, I don't quite understand this as well as more objective views can, but how I see it "because we can and we want to" does not effectively answer the question aside from grossly over simplification of the situation.
Anyone can say "Why does anyone do anything?" "Because we can and we want to." That's not a strong argument because it's just like saying "Why do we breathe?" "Because we can and we want to." It ignores the fact that without oxygen we can't survive, but to the argument "Because we want to and we can" fits the question.
To apply this to world politics, saying "Why did America invade Iraq?" and having the response "Because we can and we want to" ignores all of the valid (and occasionally invalid) reasons for going to war. This isn't a "Why did we invade Iraq" thread, so I won't get into that, I'm just pointing out what I see as a flaw in your argument of saying "Because we can and we want to"