03-10-2013, 01:04 PM
Jeffrey Orling Wrote:The policy of pre emptive war was adapted POST 9/11. I suppose it was pushed through as an acceptable policy because waiting to be attacked first had devastating consequences.
The policy of preemptive war has nothing to do with a real threat of being attacked, it is purely a way to make wars of aggression tolerable to the public. In case of Afghanistan, the plan to invade was complete weeks before 9/11 and in case of Iraq the planning started immediately on 9/11, despite any evidence that Iraq posed any danger or had anything to do with 9/11. Both wars violated international law in the boldest way.
There is no justification for a preemptive war.
The most relevant literature regarding what happened since September 11, 2001 is George Orwell's "1984".