Well this has gotten way the hell off the topic what with talking about humanitarian appeals and other nonsense from sxecrow and a standard Republican party-line speech courtesy of DVPGSR.
Originally posted by fastball
Well, if you're so educated why don't you quote the text of the Constitution which states the United States is not permitted to strike first under any circumstances? Verbatim.
Bone up on the reading comprehension skills, because you're twisting around my statements into words that were not used. I was very specific in my word choice. "It is not U.S. policy to strike first," is very different from "The Constitution does not permit the U.S. to strike first."
Think about the various conflicts we have been involved in during the 20th century. WWI started in Europe and we did not enter until our allies asked for help. We didn't enter WWII until after Pearl Harbor. The Korean War started when the North tried to invade the South. Vietnam started after the Gulf of Tonkin incident (the existence of which I would rather not debate). The first time we went to Iraq it was because they invaded Kuwait. The trend is there, and it's a well-known precedent. I'm not going to find some document to prove what is common knowledge.