Originally Posted by DVPGSR
The US does not need to conduct operations in order for the provocation of war. But the US was conducting operations in the no-fly zones over Iraq prior to Gulf War 2 where allied planes were being shot at repeatedly in violation of the cease fire terms of the first Gulf War. I consider the shooting at American aircraft an act of war, or the bombing of US interests and Naval vessels an act of war.
Act of war != to war. Putting IRBMs in Cuba is an act of war, but no shot was ever fired from it. Shooting down helicopters in Somalia is an act of war, but you don't see us pounding down Mogadishu. Bombing another country's embassy is an act of war, but China's not trying to invade us. Act of war is not war. Also, the operations conducted in Iraq after Desert Storm were a UN operation, not an American one. We hadn't been at war with Iraq in 12 year prior to this war. Whether or not you believe the Iraq War is justified, you can't deny that we started it, not them.
Edit: Also, I want an answer to the other question I posed. Why such hatred for ideas other than your own? Why the name calling and trash talking?