A_Wanderer said:
And what of the victims of the regimes? the ones that slaughter innocent people deliberately at a more tremendous rate? Is that not an equally valid question?
I think its great that people can get high and mighty against war, its the easiest ideological position to take, it's principled and humanitarian, it's saying no to death, and best of all it doesn't have any responsibility to what evil men do with their achieved peace.
The question is valid but we have been stating for numerous times that the US and other countries´ reason to go to Iraq was the WMD and not primarily the removal of a dictator.
When we speak about the victims of dictator-regimes, us comfortable Westerners would have to invade about 20 countries at once. Instead of doing so, we invite another country with bad human rights records - that has been suppressing its minorities for decades - to be part of the EU.
Bad human rights records are not the standard reason for declaring a war. Maybe you would like if they were, well, that´s not the case.
Since you are so critical of international organizations (with all their scandals, tiresome at times, I know), but on the other hand you seem to be asking for an international regulation force in order to not allow regimes as Saddam´s to prosper, I ask you to review the principles on which those int. org. work. I know, you will tell me those organizations are ineffective and corrupt, but I still think that the only possible way the world can agree on using mil. force is through bodies like the Security Council.
The family of an Iraqi opposition politician (opposed to Saddam) who rotted along in a prison under the dictator will blame the dictator. The family of the three-yr-old Iraqi kid that was killed because of US bombs, like 20,000 or more other "casualities", will blame the US forces, no matter what "democratic"
intention they have (note the underlying cynical tone).
Apart from that, you think the surviving Iraqi people give a rats ass about
intention? I mean, come on. I kill your kid and then I tell you "Oops sorry this is collateral, my country just wanted to bring you democracy". I´d like to know your reaction.
And the dead ones will remain silent; all that remains to accuse the profiteers of this war - and there are HUGE profits - is their bodies in blood and dust. Unfair, isn´t it?