Is it about WMD's. They were never found? I dont buy the story that they were magically beamed away to Syria or Lebanon. So what are we still doing there?
Is it about dposing Saddam? He has been deposed already, so what are we still doing there?
Is it about spreading democracy in Iraq? Iraq had three elections. The last one put in place a permanent government so the job is done. So what are we still doing there?
Is it about preventing civil war? 100 Iraqis die on a daily basis. Iraq is in a state of civil war and we were not able to prevent it? So what are we still doing there?
Is it about fighting terrorists who otherwise would be fighting us here? Iraq has been a breeding ground for terrorists so instead of diminishing their threat we have increased it a hundred fold? So why are still there?
Is it revenge for 9/11? Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. So why are still there?
2006-06-06 01:49:37 · 14 answers · asked by marc_in_darwin 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
OIL
2006-06-06 01:53:24 · answer #1 · answered by Nostromo 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Its about empires and buried treasure:
Saudi Arabia (the only vaguely US-sympathetic Middle East oil State) is looking ever more likely to fall to the fundamentalists. It has the most oil.
Iran has been on the up for ages. Its got plans to run all the oil in the Middle East (it has the third largest supplies).
Iraq has the second largest stocks of oil and its the only State available to be invaded (and capable of generating enough pitifuly weak excuses to make blatant imperialistic invasion acceptable to the gullible US public).
When Saudi goes down it becomes part of the Iranian Empire. Syria (no oil, but lots of influence) will support Iran. Jordan will fall too. Its weak militarily and economically. Iraq will fall to the Iranians too.
With an Iran-led fundamentalist empire of this size, the West will be paying whatever Ahmadinejad demands for all the oil east of Washington.
So what to do? America made up stories about WMD, 911 etc and really got rightous about what a nasty man Saddam was, so they could get in there and make Iraq an American colony and thus sustain the supplies of the black stuff. Getting control of Iraq also has the advantage of providing a bulwark between Saudi and Iran (just in case the US can somehow keep Saudi onside).
So, its about oil.
So, its about a huge Iran-led Islamic Empire more wealthy than the US and easily able to switch all its trade towards the new economic giants - China and India.
Good lord, don't things look rocky for the west!
This is a battle for resources that could have been won easily. Sadly, Bush, his nutcase cronies and the mad, aggressive tactics of the US army have all conspired to ensure that the war is already lost.
Better invest in a windmill company!
2006-06-06 07:29:27 · answer #2 · answered by speenth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The agenda for going to war has never been truly revealed, once there we become stuck in a quagmire. We had no plan, we have no exit strategy and we have no leadership at the moment. I think if we pulled out now or in a 100 years it would make little difference, the civil war that we started would rage on and they will still have to form a government that they want, we can not dictated what form of government is best for another country
2006-06-06 01:56:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Difficult to install democracy ( and ill agree that most democracies are less than perfect ). With secular infighting ( near to the point of civil war )..we are still there to assist in continuing support ( to fight insurgents, assist in investigations and in general security ). Look at Bosnia. We had much different mission, but were still there 10 yrs later.
2006-06-06 03:14:05 · answer #4 · answered by rozmun1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What we try to do is practice adequate Iraqis so they're able to furnish their very very own risk-free practices. you may no longer basically assume to construct up a protection rigidity from scratch top away in any respect. I t will take time and there'll be extra sacrifice. even nevertheless while it ultimately happens and we withdraw maximum of our troops, there'll nevertheless be some American forces there. variety of like with what we've in South Korea because of the fact Iran is conceivable to that area.
2016-09-28 03:38:49 · answer #5 · answered by erlebach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Physical occupation of Iraq to exercise full and effective control on Oil.
2006-06-06 02:00:37 · answer #6 · answered by Saadi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some religious members of the administration might feel that it is a good idea to reduce the numbers of other religions.
2006-06-06 01:54:20 · answer #7 · answered by I_am_me___ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's about seeing how many lives can be taken before george w uses even an ounce of intelligence and brings those men and women home. that's the most sense i can make out of this war
2006-06-06 01:53:41 · answer #8 · answered by vanilla_bean_dream 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get something that does not belongs to us Oil. I don't understand why those young man and woman are still over there.Why want Bush go fight?
2006-06-06 06:20:24 · answer #9 · answered by JR3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mission is to prove that George W. Bush Jr is a bigger wanker than George W. Bush Sr was. I think he's made his point.
2006-06-06 01:52:59 · answer #10 · answered by smurfette_au2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"WAR IS A RACKET" ~ Major General Smedley Darlington Butler
2006-06-06 02:00:02 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋