Really, this guy served on a school board?
Follow this closely. We declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941. Germany then declared war on the United States and December 11, 1941. We then declared war on Germany later in the day on December 11, 1941.
But it gets better–Iraq would eventually have been a threat according to Aaron Strangelove, so all is good that we attacked them before they eventually decided to start a nuclear program again.
I understand the argument that we are stuck there so we have to try and win. But to argue it was the right thing because eventually Iraq may have resumed a nuclear program again and so the entire idea was good is batshit crazy.
By this standard, Ronald Reagan would have had to invade:
- Pakistan
- Brazil
- Argentina
- South Africa
All, but Pakistan are now nuclear free due to the NPT framework. Destroy that, and little Aaron Strangelove is right, you will have to conduct a lot of invasions to keep nuclear weapons from proliferating.