>Hi Tracy
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>>>At the same time, it is the U.S.'s right to determine that the threat is severe and critical enough to...
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>So what is wrong with:
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>"At the same time, it is Iraq's right to determine that the threat is severe and critical enough to... "
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>If *we* are allowed to "determine" things and then act unilaterally, morally we cannot deny others the same right.
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>Regards
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>JR

Absolutely nothing. Once the U.S. waged war with Iraq, Iraq is perfectly within its rights to defend itself. However, I would say that the U.S. was not intentionally targeting Iraq with either terrorist activity, terrorist training, or WMD. Supposedly this war is response to a threat FROM Iraq, not vice versa. The proof of the threat remains to be seen (although it should have been presente BEFORE the war). I would also say that the U.S. does not torture and mame its citizens. Nor does it put its citizens out in front of its soldiers to present cover in order to fight its battles. The U.S. does not shoot its POWS in the head upon capture, the U.S. does not threaten its citizens with death or death of family members if they do not fight, I could go on...