I'll throw in a couple of cents, what the hell...
War is a very subjective thing, unfortunately it's not a black and white issue and it probably never has been.
The closest thing to a good vs. evil war would be WWII if you want to look at it in those terms. I don't believe you will find many people who will say that that war was unjustified although I will say (IMO that is) that several tactics used in that war (by both sides) may not have been that justifiable.
What I have a problem with right now is the so-called "War on Terror". Terror is a concept, it's a psychological state not some sort of physical body. How do you declare war on an abstract? More importantly how do you win a war like this and for that matter how do you even know if you are winning or loosing?
When I look at the War in Iraq, I don’t' see a justifiable war. The US and it's allies will tell you that this war generally was to:
1. Remove Saddam Hussein
2. Neutralize his stockpile of WMDs
3. Fight terror
4. Stabilize the region.
These were noble enough reasons, so far, the outcome has been:
1. Hussein was removed from power and later executed, the question I have is was he that big a threat in the long run?
2. There were no WMDs found
3. As I said before how do you fight terror? Is there less terror in the world because of this war?
5. I think we can all see that the region is nowhere close to being stable, in fact it is less stable than when Hussein was in power.
I don't know, Id like to think I'm not paranoid and that I don't see conspiracies. I would like to think that just because Dick Cheney used to be the CEO of Halliburton and that George Bush has close ties to some of the most powerful Oil companies in the world did not play any kind of factor in this war.
What I find the worst about the current situation is that the US army is committed to this. I'm not going to even try to say that I understand what it is like to be a soldier in that type of situation or even to be a family member of a soldier. But this "Bring home the troops right now" attitude disturbs me.
What I will say is that a mess has been made over there and it needs to be cleaned up. I'm sorry to say this but you have made your bed and now you must lie in it. It is incredibly irresponsible to just back out now and leave these poor people to it. It not only sets a dangerous precedent but it leaves the region in a much worse state than it ever was before the war.
I will go on record as stating I was against the war, I did not agree with it then and I certainly do not agree with it now but it does not change the fact that it has happened and you can't simply just stop now because the death toll is mounting. This is not some sort of game that you can just quit because you are loosing and take your toys home. If the amount of media coverage that we have available now was present during WWII, would the public be so agreeable with that war as well?
Just my opinions mind you, take them as you will.