Reply #17: 1) the invasion was 100% unjustified 2) Iraqis totally within their right [View All]

[RichM]

to fight & resist.

Bonus round: It would depend on the way in which the EU gave us this ultimatum. The EU are not a bunch of saints, either. They are also imperialists -- just not quite as ruthless as we are, & lacking our quantity of military toys. IOW, they have the same disease that we do -- just not quite as bad a case.

If the EU appeared to be making an aggressive move towards world domination -- merely substituting their ruling elite for ours, by force of arms -- this would be no better than what we are doing today, & I'd oppose it. (ie, I'd fight.) But if the demand for disarmament evolved from a good-faith international movement aimed at global disarmament (the EU included), I'd support it. (ie, I wouldn't fight.)

The question is only hypothetical so it's hard to visualize the details. I'm trying to say: European aggression is no better than US aggression. But real global disarmament is a great goal -- far preferable to anybody's nationalism.