>Chris, I didn't quite come out & say this is now imperialism in Iraq. And, there may well have been US imperialism in the case of the Gulf War (oil). But OTOH, back then I felt we were totally justified, due to Iraq's Kuwait take-over, a much worse Iraqi imperialism than anything done by US in recent times.
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>So, I would add that imperialism isn't necessarily mutually exclusive to doing the world good, the two can work in tandem, in benign fashion, if done well.
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>This time around, though, we are much harder-pressed to make the case of war with Iraq, and I say this not only because Iraq has invaded no one lately, but also because: it is reflected by numerous allies that are very critical this time, and weren't during the Gulf War. That speaks volumes, I think. It's the world's moral conscience at work, and declaring that this time, we are treading on much thinner moral high-ground than at the Gulf War time.
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>Though I must say, Hussein is a major jerk we should've taken out when we had our golden chance. Perhaps we agree on that?

I don't really know of too many allies who are against us. I know that France, Germany, and Belgium are against us (you knew the Belgians were going to waffle), but Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, etc. are with us. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, 2 of Iraqs neighbors, are with us. Turkey appears to be on board.

I do agree that we should have taken Saddam out, but hindsight is always 20/20.