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Originally posted by bilmore
Hitler's war.
Saddam's war with Iran.
In short, the wars of conquest, as opposed to the wars stopping evil.
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How does Saddam's war with Iran fit this paradigm? I (perhaps mistakenly) always thought that much of this fighting was mutual. And even if it wasn't, wasn't Saddam just striking the evil fundamentalist government of Iran preemptively?
And isn't the evil side usually just the losing side (leave out WWII, which is too easy)? And is there such a thing as a war that isn't about conquest (at least for one side)?
