"By international law, they quite clearly did not have the right, even if Iraq had have WMD. Morally, their intentions are questionable, but the outcome is good. A war was justified simply because of the suffering of the Iraqis under Saddam."
This is a strange definition of the word "Justified". That always seemed to have something to do with justice. If their intentions are questionable, and they didn't have the "right", what justice are you referring to? Perhaps you mean "moralized into existence"? That's certainly true. But, then, so were the crusades. Nations have no business being the guardian angels of the world. If there is a god, he'll deal with it. If there isn't, invoking his name to invade countries is in pretty bad taste.
"I don´t care about the moral integrity of your president"
Good thing, too, because I haven't got one.
Jester
This is a strange definition of the word "Justified". That always seemed to have something to do with justice. If their intentions are questionable, and they didn't have the "right", what justice are you referring to? Perhaps you mean "moralized into existence"? That's certainly true. But, then, so were the crusades. Nations have no business being the guardian angels of the world. If there is a god, he'll deal with it. If there isn't, invoking his name to invade countries is in pretty bad taste.
"I don´t care about the moral integrity of your president"
Good thing, too, because I haven't got one.
Jester