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Actually the question is way off base with regard to the Iraq thing.
The real example is:
You're walking down the street with your family and see someone who looks slightly different than you in a fight with his neighbor. You see a bulge in his coat pocket that may or may not be a weapon.
What do you do?
Democrat: Walk up, get involved, and try to talk it out. If that doesn't work kill them both.
Republican: Shoot the guy dead because the bulge in his pocket MIGHT be a weapon. Then treaten his family and prevent them from getting food or medicine resulting in many of them dying. Then wait a few years and kill more of them because you never did get a weapon. Even though nobody in the family has threatened you or associates with anyone who has threatened you or ever attacked you, kill them pre-emptively to defend yourself from future hypothetical situations while at the same time pissing off every other member of his family, his neighborhood, etc.
Libertarian: Mind your own fucking business. Nobody is attacking you or threatening you. Go about your life without interfering. If the fight does spread and come to you, defend yourself at that time.
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