To think of a war in Iraq would be discrediting the forefathers of the United States of America. Justin Raimando argues that the war in Iraq should not be fought for the simple reason of Patriotism.
According to another article on www.MotherJones.com the Bush administration has been hypocritical. Last summer at West Point, president Bush gave a speech about how the country will be following the lead of a 354-year old doctrine, the Treaty of Westphalia. Jim Lobe, of the Asia Times, summarizes the treaty saying that it "Codified the principles of sovereignty and non-interferences in the international affairs of other countries." However, now they would like to go to war with Iraq. It has been over a year now and the Bush administration's policy has greatly changed.
The conservative argument would promote the act of war against Iraq. This is obvious because Bush, himself, is a conservative. He feels that by taking out Saddam Hussein and his supposed nuclear bombs, that he is potentially saving the lives of many United States citizens. But what he does not realize is that he is sending a message to the rest of the world that the United States is "better than everybody else." Thus, creating more hatred towards the United States by other countries. This is one of the reasons for the happenings on September 11th. The Taliban has a lot of anger towards the US because they feel that we are "bully's." The terrorist cell that blew up the Twin towers did so to "teach the United States a lesson." By intervening in international problems with nuclear armament we are basically getting involved in a situation we do not need to be involved in. Thus creating more hatred towards the United States.
The liberal view of this issue seems more rational than the conservative view. For us to act as though we own the world and be completely ignorant to the internal issues of our country seems irrational.
