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Without the oil argument, it appears that the war in Iraq is a strategic war against the deep roots of terrorism, while the war in Afghanistan can be seen mostly as an operational war, a kind of “theater of operations.” At first glance, the motivations of war against Afghanistan look different from the motivations of war against Iraq.
In April 1991, after the Gulf War Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD. Saddam had used the weapons against Iran, against his own people, causing thousands of deaths.
Abstract. This chapter shows the conflicting views on the Iraq war through the argument between two friends who share different opinions. The one who believes that the war was justified thinks the leftists have been unable to see the antifascist nature of the war because they are blinded by their revulsion towards George W. Bush.
A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq, . . Univ. of California, $55 (372pp) ISBN 978-0-520-24555-6
I was not persuaded that going to war in Iraq was right, because the official arguments were fuzzy, shifty, and changed from day to day. Once democratic governments cannot trust their people to respond to honest persuasion but resort instead to half-truths and propaganda, democracy suffers.
Introduction:: The Liberal-Humanitarian Case for War in Iraq Download; XML; The Case for Regime Change Download; XML; Liberal Legacies, Europe’s Totalitarian Era, and the Iraq War:: Historical Conjunctures and Comparisons Download; XML “Regime Change”:: The Case of Iraq Download; XML; In the Murk of It:: Iraq Reconsidered Download; XML
My wife, Carol Hartigan, and my daughters, Sophie and Eliza, deserve special field commendations for enduring the many times when I brought the Iraq war into the blissful space of our family life. They understand that the realities of the world do not stop at the doorstep of hearth and home, even though sometimes it is better that they should.
