Quote Originally Posted by Bruno View Post
There were dozens and dozens of resolutions. but there was no UN resolution to go to war. The US decided to do that on its own.

As for your example about shooting that man: you can shoot the moment you see a weapon. Not before. You don't have to wait until your wife is dead, but neither should you someone on just an assumption.
You were walking in a public place. If he had been entering your home, it would be something else.

And your example also doesn't translate into the situation you described.
Iraq wasn't threatening the US. Iraq was badmouthing the US, but the US does the same to Iran and North Korea.

The US leadership knew they went to Iraq without evidence. Saddam was also not an al qaeda supporter, and he didn't even have a delivery mechanism for the weapons he didn't have. He had some scuds with a very limited range; no ICBM capability.
So what "serious consequences" should there have been for the failure to abide by the prior resolutions? Another resolution?