Quote Originally Posted by Spartan198
Besides,Saddam had built up a nuclear weapons program prior to the '91 invasion. In the 13 years (as of 2003) since his defeat in that conflict,he could easily have rebuilt said program.
With what resources - material aid from the Martians ?
And if AKs,T-72s,MiGs,serin and mustard gas aren't weapons of mass destruction,what are they? Childrens' toys?
Of the whole list only the two latter don't rank as conventional weapons, genius. Plus last I heard there was zero evidence of Saddam having had stores of chemical weapons that hadn't gone well past their "shelf life"...
UN Charter - I don't believe my government needs UN permission to act in preemptive strike when there are possible foriegn or domestic threats to the US,our allies,and our interests.
Funny thing is, IIRC it tried to get it anyway...
I'm undecided on the Unlawful Combatants issue because Al Qaeda aren't soldiers no matter what they claim,and so when captured are detainees,not prisoners of war,so the Geneva Convention doesn't legally apply to them.
An extremely dubious and tendentious interpretation AFAIK only recognised by the Bush adminstration and its apologists...