The VotersForPeace Pledge contains the term “war of aggression”. How do you define a war of aggression?
The “war of aggression” term has extensive legal and historical meaning — going back to the UN Charter and the Nuremberg principles. A war of aggression is the most serious violation of international law that a country can commit — attacking another country when you are not threatened. The United States has embarked on a dangerous foreign policy that calls for the preemptive use of military and covert force. President Bush has repeatedly threatened that the United States will “respond with overwhelming force,” including “all options,” to the possible use of biological, chemical, radiological or nuclear weapons on any nation, its troops or its allies. But this reckless position goes even further by authorizing preemptive strikes on states and groups that our intelligence officials determine may be close to acquiring weapons of mass destruction. By drastically lowering the threshold for war, the United States has become the aggressor. The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan illustrate th
