The argument used by most warmongers in the present day comes down to the claim that if we don’t kick Saddam’s butt first, he will do just that to us, first. Sometimes this is stated more formally along the following lines: It would be a dereliction of duty for the U.S. government not to invade Iraq, since if we do not, that country will unleash its weapons of mass destruction at us. There are several problems with this way of viewing the world. First of all, we have already "kicked Saddam’s butt" in the first Iraqi war, under Bush the … Continue reading Libertarian Warmongers