In 2003,American and British leaders justified attacking Iraq not as a hostile effort to kill Iraqis but as an act of liberation and of self-defense against presumed weapons of mass destruction.Social psychologists would consider this an example of ________ aggression.

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The justification given by American and British leaders for attacking Iraq is an example of instrumental aggression, which is aggression that is motivated by some goal other than causing harm for its own sake. In this case, the goal was to eliminate presumed weapons of mass destruction and to liberate the Iraqi people.

In 2003,American and British Leaders Justified Attacking Iraq Not as a Hostile