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Originally posted by james t kirk
One thing my friend that you seem to have overlooked.
Kosovo was a UN / NATO action.
Iraq was not.
There is a HUGE difference.
Kosovo was / is a slaughterhouse with ethnic waring and murdering going on at the civil war level.
Iraq was not.
Your comparison, though I understand it, is not quite the same.
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Despite some people desires otherwise neither UN nor NATO is the end all/be all in global or international decisions.
The Iraq action was taken on by mostly the US & UK, but there were other nations included in this.
Although, personally I would prefer getting a larger consensus,
(this is always best for global politics)
In the end, the US "can" stand on it's own, if it thinks that it's the best course of action.
And how can you say Iraq was not?
Aren't they digging up mass graves to this day filled with the bodies of the "enemy" or "undesirables" of the ex-regime?
If you are going to use an arguing point, better make a different one than that.
Simply...IMHO...the action was correct...the rationalization & diplomacy could have been MUCH better.
But..for better or worse...we are in there...let's make the best of it.