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Is every President who ever sent troops to another country to fight, a criminal?

Or does Getting Intel from England and the CIA make you a criminal?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Nope. Technically, a criminal is someone who does something wrong legally. He's taking a legal action, government has the right to war. It's not illegal.

  • 1 decade ago

    Very good question. 1 that Libs can't answer honestly. BTW, Bush also got the same intel from many other countries. If (A), then almost every President in our history has been a criminal. I'm sure there are those on the far left who will agree with this. If (B), I'd like to see that anywhere in our legal code.

  • 1 decade ago

    No,this was however the first preemtive atttack on a sovreign nation.That's a violation of the United natons charter,chapter one,article two.

    Article 2

    The Organization and its Members, in pursuit of the Purposes stated in Article 1, shall act in accordance with the following Principles.

    1. The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members.

    2. All Members, in order to ensure to all of them the rights and benefits resulting from membership, shall fulfill in good faith the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the present Charter.

    3. All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and. justice, are not endangered.

    4. All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.

    5. All Members shall give the United Nations every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the present Charter, and shall refrain from giving assistance to any state against which the United Nations is taking preventive or enforcement action.

    6. The Organization shall ensure that states which are not Members of the United Nations act in accordance with these Principles so far as may be necessary for the maintenance of international peace and security.

    7. Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter; but this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter VII.

    Iraq was at the point iot got attacked not a threat to the US,that's why the war is illegal.

    Then there is the torture that occured,again a grave vilolation of international law and I might add against the US law itself.

    Not every war is illegal,the US lead war against Iraq was

  • 1 decade ago

    If the ruler of a country were to use the army for his own selfish interests wouldn't that make him a criminal? I mean, soldiers run the risk of death and mutilation. If they are sent to fight, it should be neccessary for the good of the nation as a whole don't you think?

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  • 1 decade ago

    Using documents you know to be forgeries, Refusal to allow UN inspectors reports which contradict your story and changing Intel to fit your script so you can invade a country because the leader "Insulted your daddy" should be

    One other thing, how exactly did Iraq threaten our freedom? With what and when?

    Oh, and for the record, only congress has the right to declare war.

  • capu
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    No. Shaping the intel to suit your needs is criminal. Lying to Congress and the American people is criminal.

  • 1 decade ago

    The President which people tend to forget, is The Commander and Chief........he has the right to declare war, I do not believe this war was wrong, what I do believe is that its wrong to publicize it, the killing and fighting has gone on for centuries and was never publicized years ago, that is what is wrong. War is War, killing and fighting happen......that's war. Unfortunately war, is what keeps our freedoms in this country, freedom for those that piss and moan about everything. People are free to piss and moan, because there are men fighting to keep our freedom, and they know this is part of joining the military.

  • 1 decade ago

    Probably.

    It's far better to lob cruise missiles and drop bombs from 30,000 feet (and hit the Chinese embassy).

    Of course, this should only be done in response to polling data.

    Anything else is racist, a war crime, and part of a vast economic conspiracy.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It's always good to hear from you brave souls on the front line in Iraq.

  • 1 decade ago

    Only according to those who think that this president is.

    No they are not but the far left think that anyone who disagrees with them is.

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