I think 9/11 proved that US imperialists meddling in Middle East affairs was the biggest 'affront'.
are you joking? if not you think and agree with the terrorists. If it was up to you we wouldn't have meddled with Germany and Hitler either.
Um just for historical accuracy, Germany was rapidly expanding its boundaries and hellbent on world domination. It was using tanks, submarines and air power to get that done. It was moving in and sacking whole cities across Europe of our closest allies, laying them to ruin.
In contrast, while Iraq had internal problems, they were internal. No threat to the US was ever found. (WOMDs). We just went in there to dismantle it's ownership, essentially, so we could nab that sweet crude. Bottom line. It was grand theft, armed robbery. And it was illegal to do so according to every international convention there is.
What we did in Iraq would be like me knowing you had a pile of gold in your house and me hearing you kicking your dog every now and then. I could make up a story to pre-emptively tell police and authorities, other neighbors that I believed because you kick your dog, you have a dirty bomb hidden in your house somewhere. Then I could grab an assault rifle, kick your front door down, shoot you, your wife and kids and after I "didn't find a dirty bomb after all", I could take your gold; because you were a threat and well, you're not around now and so possession of the gold has to be had by someone right?