re: #82 thedopefishlives

I’m sure most of you know where I stand on the Iraq war, but I’ll just say it again: I don’t think it was a mistake. I do think that the Bush administration demonstrated absolutely mind-blowing incompetence in trying to invent reasons to go. I admit I bought the lies at the time, but now I’m second-guessing and open to admitting that I fell for a con job. But I still think, in the end, that it was an overall good idea. The implementation thereof, however, left a lot to be desired. We just didn’t have - and still don’t have - any idea how to properly liberate a country from an oppressive government. I think trying to do so in Iran or N. Korea, especially, would be a grave mistake at this time. But it’s still a good idea.

So we have the right to unilaterally invade other sovereign nations? What gives us that right, and what makes you think we would be wise in the exercise of that right?