According to Myers,in 2003 American and British leaders justified attacking Iraq not as a hostile effort to kill Iraqis,but as an instrumental 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 statement describes instrumental aggression, which refers to aggression used as a means to achieve a goal or objective, rather than as an end in itself. In this case, the goal was to eliminate Iraq's presumed weapons of mass destruction and liberate the country.

According to Myers,in 2003 American and British Leaders Justified Attacking