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Please don't stretch my analogies. Mine was apt, yours is silly.
The bottom line is that we had no legal right to invade Iraq and, even though we all agree that Saddam was a horrible monster, we did the wrong thing. We broke a treaty the US signed in good faith and we have done more damage (see: death toll) in the past 4 years than Saddam could have possibly done in the rest of his lifetime had we not invaded.
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How is it silly? Are any of the analogies less true than yours?
And yes, we had legal right to invade Iraq. 7 UN Resolutions all pronounced a threat of military action if he did not comply. Or are you talking about our Constitution? The Tonkin Gulf Resolution pretty much takes care of the legal ground for that argument, which is why the President keeps having to ask Congress for more money.