I actually disagree with you when you state that the Iraq was was without ethical justification. Although the Bush Administration never sought to explicitly justify the war in these terms, the ethical arguments for the invasion were, in my opinion, the strongest of all. Hussein was a mass murderer by any standard. His sons, had they succeeded him, might well have been worse.
One of the only reasons I reluctantly backed the war when it started, in fact, was because I hoped the end result would be a much improved situation for the Iraqi people. Of all the various fuck-ups that've occurred in the past six years, the fact that the Bush Administration had no post-invasion plan is what angers me the most. I was willing to overlook (or at least accept) a great deal if the end result had been a vastly improved situation for the Iraqi people. Long term, this may still be the end result, but any stability and freedoms that emerge from Iraq in the years to come will have evolved in spite of actions taken by this Administration.
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I actually disagree with you when you state that the Iraq was was without ethical justification. Although the Bush Administration never sought to explicitly justify the war in these terms, the ethical arguments for the invasion were, in my opinion, the strongest of all. Hussein was a mass murderer by any standard. His sons, had they succeeded him, might well have been worse.
One of the only reasons I reluctantly backed the war when it started, in fact, was because I hoped the end result would be a much improved situation for the Iraqi people. Of all the various fuck-ups that've occurred in the past six years, the fact that the Bush Administration had no post-invasion plan is what angers me the most. I was willing to overlook (or at least accept) a great deal if the end result had been a vastly improved situation for the Iraqi people. Long term, this may still be the end result, but any stability and freedoms that emerge from Iraq in the years to come will have evolved in spite of actions taken by this Administration.