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Originally Posted by Suki
Because it is that simple. No infinite amount of mass destruction weapons is reason enough to do what the US did to the Iraqi people. I know they think they had their reasons. Saddam was a bad guy and so on and so forth. But honestly, what your troops did there made it far, far worse. Killing a murderer makes you a murderer too. Everyone agreed that Saddam had to be put out of power but, really, that was no way to bring democracy to Iraq. They could have gone the diplomatic way instead of putting up a war. That simple.
I actually can't believe you're saying it's okay to brutally invade a country as long as you're doing it out of support for your allies. It has no possible justification.
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I am not going to defend America's actions in Iraq, but that isn't what this thread is about. It is about WWII.
And no, it isn't that simple. You make it sound like America is of one mind, and they just walk into any situation like Rambo and blow everything up and ask questions later. That is simplistic and simply wrong.
If our ally is being attacked then it is not only our duty but a requirement to help them. If that help is in the form of military defense and is what is needed, then that is what happens. You pepper your language with words like "brutally" and it just clouds the point.
Allies help allies. That is all the justification that is needed.