a) President Bush's motives for war on Iraq. b) Vice-President Cheney's motives for war on Iraq.
c) Lack of U.N. approval with respect to war on Iraq.
Despite the motives of Bush and Cheney and regardless of U.N. approval, the U.S. has many reasons that justify war on Iraq.
d) Security: Weapons of mass destruction.
a) Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda connection.
c) Weapons inspectors report violations.
d) Biological, chemical and nuclear weapons.
e) Starving Iraqis, genocide of Kurds, etc.
The U.S. is valid in waging war on Iraq for the above reasons.
The fact that the U.S. President is the son of a former U.S. president who was the victim of an assassination attempt by Saddam Hussein makes many people suspect about U.S. motives for waging war on Iraq. So, too, the fact that U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney hails from one of America's wealthiest oil families also makes the motives of the current administration viewed with suspicion. Further, without U.N. approval, many argue that the U.S. has no right to unilaterally wage war on Iraq.
Despite the doubt about the actual motives behind the U.S.'s desire to wage war on Iraq and even though the U.S. currently lacks U.N. approval