We will never know the extent of their WMD program. Most of the stuff vanished into the desert, just like billions in gold bullion.Kmarion wrote:
It's not in the constitution. The threat has to be be clear and present (immediate). The Iraq war Authorization of military force was neither. Why do you think there was such a push to sell WMD's and their delivery systems?CameronPoe wrote:
I don't really care whether it's constitutional or not - it's plain wrong.God Save the Queen wrote:
pretty sure its in the constitution. Its what justified this countries first deployment. Its what started the war of 1812
The saddest fact of all this is the assumption the Iraqis would embrace democracy like a western nation. Almost every country in the ME has or is ruled by a dictator of some form or another. It took 10 plus years for democracy to evolve and develop in the US. They don't know what it is, like throwing a 10yr old in a college level class.