[Raldarin]

Yes... America does have bloodstained hands. but to say it has more blood on it's hands then any other country? Cmon.. look how new the USA is compared to any other country... Imagine the hundreds and hundreds of years of Feudalistic warfare in europe.. before US even came into being. what about the french/english 100 year war? Mongolian conquest, (ghengis/Kublai khan)? The Crusades! The roman conquests, greeks.. The CONSTANT warfare in africa since before civilization! All before USA even came into existance. NO, USA is NOT the most bloodstained country. And Hiroshima... Yes, we dropped that bomb, but look at the facts, Common practice in japan was death before dishonor.... The fight beforehand had been very brutal every inch we took soaked both sides in blood. Japan would not give up until dead. japan attacked the US, the US was staying OUT of the war until provoked by japan. Through stealth they bombed pearl harbor, killing many innocent americans, for absolutely no reason. The USA wasn't even in the war... Japan started it, we finished it. Had we not stopped the fight with the bomb, more japan lives would have been lost, because they would not have surrendered. It would have been pointless casualties on both sides. Seeing the power of the USA, made japan step down, thus ending the wasting of life.

On the Saddam issue, Yes, we went over there, and damn proud of it. Saddam gave aid to Osama, for direct attacts on US soil. For aiding the US's enemy, they labeled themselves enemies. If it were not for Saddam, the attacks might never have been launched. So Saddam indirectly assaulted the US. As guest also stated, we had "legal" rights through the treaties as well. Bush may not be a genius, but he knows what hes doing. Even if he didn't know what he was doing, he has a large resource of people that DO know what they are doing. Yes, the president makes some decisions, but cmon, the president is NOT a king. Bush can't just go declaring war on every country, why.. because the government would not support it. Every decision he has made has been supported by the whole government, or near enough. You can't say bush is an idiot for attacking Iraq, because HE didn't attack, he just helped the process go smoother.
Now you ask yourself, known terrorists that have caused (even indirectly) attacks to your fellow civilians, innocent people, children, causing thousands to die... And would you wait 2 years for the UN to approve something, knowing any moment you could be attacked again? Knowing full well, that every moment that terrorist lives, the lives of your children are at stake.. the lives of your friends, your family, and you would do nothing?

Edit: Honor? Honor makes you sick? Patriotism? that makes you sick? So the act of protecting your kin makes you sick. The thought of avenging deaths of thousands of innocent lives makes you sick... Human Decency makes you sick. With no honor, what do you have? Does the US back out on their agreements? I think not.. why? Honor. Would an american sit and watch its children be murdered by it's government? No.. why? Honor. Patriotism? yes... why not... Our government gives us freedom... The main question is I suppose, is it our morals that make you sick, or the jealousy you have of our morals.