>We were debating the logic of the statements, but I can see that it's really more about the subtlties. Do you believe that the governments of the two countries are the same? If you do, then I can't argue the points with you. If you concede that they are not, with the "good" one - and I hate to use such black and white terms - being the US, then I can go on.

They are the same in the view of international law. OTOH, no two governments are the same.

Now assuming one government is good and another bad (though I'd rather say "one less and one more bad"), I still don't see what could justify a war.