Can the Iraq war be justified?

Answer 1

"Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things." –Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on looting in Iraq after the U.S. invasion, adding "stuff happens," April 11, 2003

"From a marketing point of view, you don't roll out new products in August." --White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, on why the Bush administration waited until after Labor Day to try to sell the American people on war against Iraq, "New York Times" interview, Sept. 7, 2002

"F**k Saddam, we're taking him out." –President Bush to three U.S. Senators in March 2002, a full year before the Iraq invasion

"We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat." –Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, when asked about weapons of mass destruction in an ABC News interview, March 30, 2003

"The truth is that for reasons that have a lot to do with the U.S. government bureaucracy, we settled on the one issue that everyone could agree on, which was weapons of mass destruction, as the core reason." --Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, "Vanity Fair" interview, May 28, 2003


That about sums it up.

Answer 2

depends. do you think saddam hussein was a criminal, guilty of torturing and murdering his own people?, if you do then , yes, the iraq war is justified. I asked two questions on this site a while ago - "should the strong protect the weak and vulnerable?" and "can the price of justice ever be too high?" - of course both of these are rhetorical questions but that is how us pro-war hawks see things. as for wmd - who cares? - if one child is free in iraq today who would not have been under saddam then all the loss of life and money will be worth it, if any number of soldiers have sacrificed their lives to ensure the freedom of that child then those soldiers have lived better lives than any of us. Doing the right thing for whatever reason and whatever the cost is the way things are supposed to be.

Answer 3

It can't be justified now

Foreign troops should leave the country and let the Iraqis get on with it

Answer 4

Not really. At least not for the reasons given anyway. If it's about liberating the people and spreading democracy why aren't we in Burma? They actually want us there.

Answer 5

Everything can be justified.

Answer 6

how about the chemical anhialation of 30.000 kurds. will that do for starters.

Answer 7

everything can be justified.
usually by religion, or for their own country