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They were all "communist" in some form or another...

No, simply because you share a basic ideology doesn't make you automatic allies. There is far more at play than that. That is akin to the simplistic view (in my mind) that Sunni's all throughout the Middle East will be allies, regardless of external factors etc.

No one is disputing that...the question was whether or not Iraq was a threat. All the information at the time said yes.

Unless you are asserting that the PNAC corrupted not only US intelligence, but UN weapons inspectors, and foreign intelligence agencies and somehow got them to arrive all at the same conclusion, then I don't quite see how you are blaming PNAC for this.

So is military action only acceptable post attack?

There are plenty of nations today and throughout history that we are close with and yet do not agree with their politics.

Nor has PNAC ever advocated for regime change because we don't like someone's "politics."

<blockquote data-quote="BigRob" data-source="post: 171469" data-attributes="member: 628">They were all &quot;communist&quot; in some form or another...No, simply because you share a basic ideology doesn&#039;t make you automatic allies.&nbsp; There is far more at play than that.&nbsp; That is akin to the simplistic view (in my mind) that Sunni&#039;s all throughout the Middle East will be allies, regardless of external factors etc.No one is disputing that...the question was whether or not Iraq was a threat.&nbsp; All the information at the time said yes.Unless you are asserting that the PNAC corrupted not only US intelligence, but UN weapons inspectors, and foreign intelligence agencies and somehow got them to arrive all at the same conclusion, then I don&#039;t quite see how you are blaming PNAC for this.So is military action only acceptable post attack?There are plenty of nations today and throughout history that we are close with and yet do not agree with their politics. Nor has PNAC ever advocated for regime change because we don&#039;t like someone&#039;s &quot;politics.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BigRob, post: 171469, member: 628"] They were all "communist" in some form or another... No, simply because you share a basic ideology doesn't make you automatic allies. There is far more at play than that. That is akin to the simplistic view (in my mind) that Sunni's all throughout the Middle East will be allies, regardless of external factors etc. No one is disputing that...the question was whether or not Iraq was a threat. All the information at the time said yes. Unless you are asserting that the PNAC corrupted not only US intelligence, but UN weapons inspectors, and foreign intelligence agencies and somehow got them to arrive all at the same conclusion, then I don't quite see how you are blaming PNAC for this. So is military action only acceptable post attack? There are plenty of nations today and throughout history that we are close with and yet do not agree with their politics. Nor has PNAC ever advocated for regime change because we don't like someone's "politics." [/QUOTE]

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