This brings us to the final issue for war and that is the people of Iraq. Saddam Hussein is a demagogue and a despot, with an appalling human rights record over the past two decades. He rules the Iraqi people through torture, murder and fear. His rogue regime has invaded Iran and Kuwait and launched missiles against the civilian populations of neighboring countries (US dept. of State). It has been shown over and over again that Hussein is a complete tyrant and needs to be removed from his position over in Iraq. The people there have been denied many rights that should be given to all people no matter where they are, and by removing Hussein a democracy could be established and rights can be implemented.

At the same time, the acquisition of nuclear weaponry, prohibited to Iraq by Security Council resolution, is not itself an occasion for justifiable war. There are at least seven other countries known to possess and continue to develop the same weaponry as Iraq. One of those countries just happens to be the United States. How can one country like Iraq who is just doing much of the same things as seven other countries pose more of a threat (Nuclear age peace foundation)? The counter to this brings us into our next issue with Iraq, its link to terrorism.

The Nuclear age peace foundation counters this with the valid point that going to war against Iraq is likely to accentuate, rather than reduce, these dire risks. It would produce the one set of conditions in which Saddam Hussein, faced with the certain death a

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