Do you think Bush should be held responsible for our Soldiers lives because of his illegal war in Iraq?

Question

The United Nations charter has a provision which was agreed to by the United States formulated by the United States in fact, after World War II. It says that from now on, no nation can use armed force without the permission of the U.N. Security Council. They can use force in connection with self-defense, but a country can't use force in anticipation of self-defense. Regarding Iraq, the last Security Council resolution essentially said, “Look, send the weapons inspectors out to Iraq, have them come back and tell us what they've found -- then we'll figure it out from there.” The U.S. was impatient, and decided to invade Iraq -- which was all pre-arranged of course. So, the United States went to war, in violation of the charter. Making the war in Iraq an “illegal” war.

Answer 1

i have recently returned from a 16 month deployment in Iraq. i am proud to have served my country, but i am very disheartened by the cause for which our blood is spilled.
i can say, because i have been there- in the villages, the cities, the streets, not sitting in the green zone getting fat, i can say that we have no business over there, and that George w. is responsible for the deaths of more Americans than osama bin laden.
Afghanistan was one thing, Iraq is another. the only ones benefiting are the private contractors and stock holders in companies like KBR (see dick Cheney). if the average American could spend one day in Iraq, he/she would be disgusted.
i have little faith in our politicians to find a fix, and even less faith in our military leadership. the waste of money, resources, and most sadly, the waste of young American lives is beyond sickening-it is catastrophic.
it is so absurd to me that Clinton was impeached because he lied about cheating on his wife, and yet everyone turns a blind eye to bush's lies about this war. this is the start of the fall of Rome.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, I am thinking they (our present & former leaders) are all messed up! I know no easy solution but we just cannot play by the "rules" anymore when no one else does & this is what gets our butts kicked. We start to do something & don't finish it. I think the United Nations stinks! They are all corrupt & it's time for the basic person to be able to be in the leadership seat. Someone with no connection to oil, or someone not looking to kick butt to make dad feel better. We do & will always need to stay steps ahead of the nut case terrorists & protect our land & people. The trade towers was an act of war so we did have the place to defend ourself. It was no longer "anticipation of self-defense"!

Answer 3

Let me answer you question with a question. Do you think your anti-American attitude will be punished for your left-winged question by Yahoo! answers?

How is extending the hope freedom from tyranny illegal? If you are such a great activist, why not activate a pen and some paper and write a Marine a thank you letter. Why not help in that way instead of spreading your hate and discontent from behind the comfort of your computer.

Ask yourself "how did my question help American maintain its greatness?" Here is a news flash. Remove the U.S. from the U.N. and what do you have left. Nothing. We are the U.N.

I am so glad that my brothers and sisters are over there right now so you can sit at home and have the freedom of speech to say stupid ****. If you said this over there when Sadaam was in power, well, you'd lose your head.

Answer 4

A law that cannot be enforced is no law at all. Basically ma'am all this talk of "illegal wars" is just that, talk. There is absolutly no way to enforce ANY provision in the UN charter, short of independent nation-state action through warfare. No means exist to enforce any UN resolution, binding or otherwise because in the end the United Nations talks and does little else.

That was apart of the reasoning for unilateral action by the United States. The UN failed consistantly for 12 years to enforce its own binding resolutions in regards to Iraq. Of course Iraq is not the only place the UN failed. It failed in Somolia, Rwanda, Bosnia Hertzegovina, Darfur, Kosovo is now failing under UN control.

Answer 5

You make it sound as if your American soldiers have given their lives for something that should have never been done but that is not the truth. Our soldiers have given their lives and are still willingly given them to protect everything this country stands for. And if you live here in the US you should be glad that they went over and invaded Iraq because who knows what would have happened if we hadn't. We might all have been kill just like so many were on 9-11. Your alive today because of those soldiers and our commander and chief. Bush is just not the militarys commander he is the countries.

Answer 6

And the United Nations is a majority of Communists, not to mention countries who hate America and always have.
The Congress and Senate of the USA (the ones who would have the say-so as to what is illegal) ratified the war, and the Constitution gives the President powers to enact and make such strikes if necessary.
The President also has immunity from any such derisive actions, and as long as he follows these mandates, he has NOT done anything illegal.
The left-wing commie press and especially our islamic enemies would love to make the American public believe all this negative stuff.
If this was illegal, why hasn't Syria, Iran, etc. gone to the UN and brought a resolution for such? Because they know better.
By the way, ask the Kurds whether Saddam had weapons of mass destruction.

Answer 7

I'd say the U.S. was a little too patient . We had a president on duty when the WTC was bombed the first time -under Clinton- in an attempt to level it . Beside the fact that he ignored that and any attempt to strike ( after shooting off his big mouth , that he would do something ) was shot down because he refused to take a call to give the go-ahead , while our pilots were in the ready ..Clinton watched a golf tournament instead ..and further insulted our national security by refusing capture of bin laden from Sudan .. Clinton ..& Madame Clinton are the most documented corrupt administration in our history . Their crimes would tie up the courts for decades , which they would be 90 years old to see full justice completed on both Clintons . Terrorists don't play by rules . .and the Clinton's never do either . But when we have a man willing to stand up and hold terrorists accountable - it's liberal democrats who come to the aid of the enemy every time , and fault the U.S. for fighting back .
Get over it . Go over there & kiss up to terrorists if you wish , but quit fighting a war on the War on Terror .

Answer 8

our land has a history in attacking other nations for doubtful reasons this reaches back to korea.
whenever this was done it was along with constantly pressing the panic button, making people willing to vote for it, and/or pay for it.
as a summary why it was done ... its for business and the power of a few. reagan does it with nicaragua .. same story other nation .. i think this has to come to an end, cause its a used sheme and there should be someone pointing out whats in fact going on.

churchill once defines how a state looks like (laws etc.) when a doubful leader is in place... and ...congratulations .. never before we fullfilled ALL criteria to be moronic. this time we did.
And never before a nation placed an ultimatum on the UN to get support for an attack on iraq (that ultimatum came later)

what a shame ... doing all this because of a lie

Mark twain once stated that its ok to wave the flag for the land and the people ... we are a great nation, no doubt
but any government leading us has to proove wether it is worth it. And i'm afraid ...while watching what is going on .. i can't find anything positive what bush did to the majority of people living here, except constantly protecting us from a so called 'thread' which is in fact ...just a bubble of hot air.

sorry for the victims of 9-11 what a tragedy ... but this should not lead to such severe mistakes like setting middle east on fire.
There are always radical people here and there capable doing things like 9-11 that was known.
instead of protecting us from that, it was used to establish a public opinion going to war against terror (again) ...oh we are soooo smart.
The world community starts looking on us in a mixed mode.
anyone considered what happens if they pull out their money ?
I know so many people around the globe.
Never before i needed to excuse our general stupidity to reelect bush again... soooo
just tell us why do we reelect somone who starts an illegal war ? you don't know ? i know..cause we are blind, and not among those who earn money from that sort of business, which is going on... you don't believe ? whats the current 'terror-level' ??? ooooh its red, now you MUST believe
stupid

Answer 9

We have been at war with radical Islam since Iran took our embassy people hostage during the Carter administration. We chose to ignore this disease known as international terrorism for decades. We finally realized that we are at war after the attack on 9/11. The only reason it ended up in Iraq right now is Saddam overplayed his hand. He would still be in power if he had cooperated with the UN inspectors. He liked making everyone believe he had horrible weapons. After 9/11 we could not take the chance that he did and might provide the technology to terrorists. Since we were still at war with Iraq since Dessert Storm, we took the opportunity to take out his perceived threat.

The terror supporting countries in the region realize the threat to them that a Free Iraq would pose, have been supporting the insurgency with money and sophisticated weapons. The disease of fundamentalist Islam tyranny cannot abide the cure that liberty brings to the long suffering people of the Middle East.

Answer 10

Illegal war? Held responsible? Was 9/11 illegal? Bush did not purposely start war. All he is doing is keeping our best interests intact.

Answer 11

Bush may be the president of USA but that doesn't make him responsible for anything that people under him agree to do.

Each soldier in the army has supposedly "chosen" to be there. Even when under inscription, there is no such thing as HAVING to submit to what someones' president or dictator says. Throughout history we have many examples of conscientious objectors.

So my opinion is that any soldier who has died in any war (whether a war is considered "illegal" or not), is responsible for their own death.