re: #115 EPR-radar
Iraq was a special case with respect to sovereignty. There were UN sanctions in place, and Saddam was supposed to be on a short leash.
If we start going down the road of “let’s get rid of evil dictators we don’t like” (recognizing that there are always some we do like) then that’s a mighty tricky road.
And the presence of sanctions didn’t justify that invasion. We specifically tried to get the body that imposed the sanctions to endorse an invasion and they told us (appropriately) that we were nuts.