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Originally Posted by dc_dux
How conveniently they forget that Bush II never did have a UN mandate to invade and occupy Iraq.
In this case, I think the mandate and the US action is appropriate.
I dont think it will stop Kaddafi from continuing to attack and slaughter his own people, begging the question...what next?
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Wow. If we hadn't been attacked in Pearl Harbor, would we have continued to allow Hitler to kill millions of innocent people? We allowed Stalin and the Soviets to kill many and looked away, because we didn't want to confront.
MURDEROUS regimes must be stopped or the blood lies on all of us. If Khaddaffi is killing his people and Mubarak was killing his and the Iranians theirs and Hussein was his.... then end the regimes. If the UN is truly there to help the people they wouldn't wait till people started rebelling and MILLIONS were killed maimed or homeless. They would see there are serious issues and crimes against humanity done by the leadership and do what they could, up to and including military actions.
What's worse morally, allowing a leader to kill his people and "sanctioning" knowing it only hurts his people more than it will ever hurt that leader, or using force against force.
I am no war monger, I think we made up excuses that would sell the world on Iraq and did so to get to Afghanistan and have ignored the true issues over there. That some of those leaders are far worse than Saddam ever was.
We have the blood of millions of innocents on our hands for allowing those leaders to continue and not do anything exscept continue to buy oil and make that leadership richer than their country will ever be.