Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Last I checked Iraq was not sovereign or peaceful
It was not peaceful but it was sovereign.
I don't ever recall the UN or anyone OUTSIDE of Saddam claiming it was illegal.
Seriously... have you been living under a rock or something. The UN specifically refused to recognize and approve the invasion of Iraq. The fact is, the war in the middle east WAS-and-IS illegal -- not by Saddam, but by the UN.
Both men are guilty of war crimes, both men are responsible for the deaths of thousands
Ok what War Crimes has Bush committed?? Last I checked he didn't commit genocide, he didn't kill millions of innocents, he didn't rule without being elected;
Innocents have been killed as a result of both of these men's actions.
And Bush wasn't elected his first term, he was appointed.
last I checked there was never an order by any allied commander to go outside and mow down civilians. Any that were killed were because:
A. An insurgent attack
B. They were not innocent and attempted to kill a US soldier
C. They were simply at the wrong place at the wrong time (It happens when Terrorist cells and a World Power Clash in a small area. Sad yes, but you cannot blame Bush for the civilian casualties unless he explicitly ordered the soldiers to fire upon civilians)
Where may I ask did you
last check this information?
How exactly can you backup these 3 points? How can you say all American killings in Iraq were justified? Have you been over there? Maybe the whole Abu Ghraib torture scandal was a conspiracy theory too right?
You know as well as I do that Saddam was not a good person and had to be removed from office. You agree that some action had to be taken.
He was removed from office days into the war. And was captured. By killing him what did we prove?
As was said earlier, there is a difference between justified death and death without justification. With Saddam none of those deaths were justified or were working towards peace.
-Kevin