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Theoretically what some part of it boils down to for the EU is the question, "Is a preemptive war a just war?"
Here's two anecdotes.
Let me preface it by saying my credentials - I've graduated with a double major (B.S.) in Government and International Politics, concentration in international relations; and economics.
These anecdotes are about Saddam Hussein.
First, when he was Vice President of the Ba'th Party to Gen. Bakr in 1966, he did torture prisoners, in fact witness claim Saddam himself lifted one bound prisoner and dropped him in a tub of acid and watched his body dissolve. The veracity of this could be disputed since it was reported by Iraqi defectors but it of course could have happened.
Second, when Saddam was a young man he used to be a street vendor, and one frequent customer was an Iraqi Jew. He later encountered the man, who was a prisoner. Instead of torturing the man, when Saddam found out about his status, he barged into the room the man was about to be executed in, and ordered his release. The Iraqi Jew could not figure out why until two decades later when he realized Saddam was the young vendor he had bought cigarettes from and had tipped him well.
There are two sides to everything--that is my point, and to think your opinion is the one that should be universally shared is a very limited view and intellectually it just isn't good. If you want to present your opinion as an argument, then make a strong argument with evidence.
I'll continue to pray for the soldiers abroad in the conflict.
Two quotes:
"The true mark of an intelligent man is to hold two conflicting notions in his mind and debate them internally." - Thomas Edison
"I may not like what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." - Voltaire
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