i was reading an excellent exposition on why Bush, Cheney and others should be impeached in The Progressive online edition (by Matthew Rothschild; detailed but vital reading). one of the commenters came up with a justification for the war i had not seen before: it's merely a continuation of Gulf War I. since no peace treaty had been signed, we could simply resume our efforts under the terms that allowed that invasion. GWI did not end; it was on hiatus.

any nation out there without a signed peace treaty from previous wars: get your game on. you have the US' permission to get it on.