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Originally Posted by nico-t
One would think that illegally invading vietnam and iraq are quite high on the list of military mistakes as well, but please, never lose your naive romantic world view  |
I don't believe our involvement in Vietnam or Iraq was illegal.
First off you can argue it's never illegal to wage war. There is no international law that says "you cannot wage war" or that it is illegal to do. When Saddam attacked and raped Kuwait, it wasn't illegal.
I don't believe our involvement in Vietnam was wrong. At the time, we feared communism. Communism was coming to get us, and we had to stop them in their tracks. If we failed to stop them, all of Asia would fall to communism. This was unacceptable at the time. Right now we are debating here on GFY what the United States / NATO / Western World should do about Muslim Extremeists - Not very much different than how we felt in the late 1960s.
As for Iraq, you are right - what happened in Iraq was illegal. Iraq violated a peace treaty. Most people forget what happened there - Iraq invaded Kuwait, we went into Kuwait and kicked their asses, and the Iraqis signed a peace treaty - which they violated.
I don't have a "naive romantic world view". I love military history.