Charging into battle.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Criticism of the reason behind Iraq war - Brief Article

One great difference between now and 1940-41 is that then we were preparing to resist aggressors, having been alarmed by Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia; Japan's of China; and Hitler's of Poland, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, and France. Today, we are the aggressor. We invaded Iraq.

If there really had been an imminent WMD danger, the invasion might have been justified. But does making Iraq a democracy, although a laudable goal, justify killing thousands of...