> I’d say the U.S. would have been morally justified in attacking Iraq in order to end the human rights violations that were going on there.

Whose morals? Morals is the ultimate subjective term, and if we say that our personal moral beliefs supercede laws, any society degenerates into anarchy. To some zealots, their personal moral code says that flying into buildings or shooting abortion doctors is moral. I wonder how many dictators and despots were absolutly sure of the moralness of their cause?