Can anybody give me a credible answer as to why Bush went to war with Iraq?

Question

I think that his plan was something like Goldfingers plan (an old James Bond Sequel)

Answer 1

It was WMD's, then it was Terrorism, then it was Liberating the Iraqi people, then it was Terrorism, then it was spreading democracy. I'm unsure what it is now...

Answer 2

Take a look at an atlas. What countries border Iran the main vehicle of Islamic terrorism. On one side is Afghanistan on the other Iraq. Neither Iraq or Afghanistan were a current threat to peace> Iran has been an enemy ever since the fall of The Shah of Iran. Remember the American Hostages in Iran. Remember the abortive attempt to rescue US citizens by helicopter. The US needs a base which is not subject to the whims of other Arab nations. Why do we hate terrorism. Remember Pan AM ,the crash at Locherby in Scotland caused by Islamic Terrorists. Doubts are now cast that the culprit was entirely Libyan. The culprit was Iran. Remember the attack on the twin towers in New York. Where do you think the money came from. Go get em George

Answer 3

To build a pipeline and sell oil. The Southwest Asia area are tribes, much like the tribes of Native Americans when the boats arrived from Europe. The Native Americans who did not bow down and help the new invaders died. The native Americana's who helped the invaders died after the Invaders got what they wanted! Back then the Kings and Queens would wake up and say are we going to have a feast or a bloodbath; usually they would just have both. Money is the cause for all wars! Much of the same goes on to this day.

Answer 4

I would suggest you start your journey towards understanding by turning off your contempt for things you don't understand and events more powerful than you. It is incredibly tempting to throw up the middle finger at all of that stuff and proclaim your moral superiority to Bush, Cheney and Halliburton. It is made easier by the fact that you have not been gresed in a terrorist attack. The strategy seems to be working. The war is over there, not over here.

Seriously, try reading the Pentagon's New Map by Thomas Barnett. He worked in the Pentagon and the Navy War College from about 1991 to 2002 or so. His perspectives on the biggest threats to world peace in the post-cold war era are illuminating. The best chance for world peace is to spread participation in the world economy across the globe. Trouble spots like the middle east - not China - are threats to world peace. We couldn't ignore Iraq with the middle finger Sadaam threw up at the civilized world and his vow to wipe out Israel and bring the arab world together under his firm rule. He had to go. The timing was good enough for me. Could we have held off longer? Maybe, maybe not. But you are living in a dream land if you think that the war on terror has nothing to do with Sadaam. An Iraq that is our ally and a stable democracy will bring prosperity to that vital region, and economic stability to the developing world.

Answer 5

Well, besides the obvious one (to install an America-friendly puppet govenment in an oil-rich country), there is another possibility. A recent book (on't recall the name) quotes some of Saddam's military men as saying that even THEY thought Iraq had WMDs. Saddam had compartmentalized the command structure so badly that only he and a few other peons knew the truth - no WMDs. The generals found this out in the final briefing before the US took Baghdad. SO... it's not surprising that American and British intelligence thought there was a credible WMD threat....hence the perceived need to invade and overthrow.

Answer 6

Because he has absolutely no grasp on international Politics.
Because to most Americans the Middle and Far east are an amorphous Mass, filled with weird People who don't see Jesus as their Saviour.
Because he wanted retribution for 9/11 and wasn't going to be seen to be interested in only the Perpetrators.
Because it made him feel powerful & important.
Because he didn't have to have his Partner, serve there twice to clear up the bloody mess.
Because he didn't have to look innocent Iraqis in the eye.

Because he is a Xenophobic little man who has no place on the World Stage.

Answer 7

Let me ask you a question: If our American military didn't go into Iraq, and we were attacked again what would you libs say then. Huh? Who would you like to be president during this time of war John Kerry? Al Gore? If you say yes to either one then you are one of those that will want to wait until they drop a bomb on your house before you would do something about it. What you fail to understand my fellow Americans is that these people who hate America will do anything, including blowing themselves up, to want us (U.S.) dead. If Bush went to Iraq for oil why are we paying 3+ dollars for gas? Why did Clinton, France, Russia, Germany, and Democratic party leaders view the same evidence and agree that your buddy Hussein was a threat. This is a post 9/11 world my friend. We need to accept that and get these fanatics who want to kill all of us. Why did they arrest people who wanted to blow up parts of Canada? What did they do to piss these people off? Answer: nothing. It's just that they are "infidels from the west. Please wake up and soon. Bush has made mistakes in the Iraq war and I hold him accountable for that . But, he is the right man, considering the alternatives to be our President in time of war.

Answer 8

I grow weary of typing explanations to people who don't really want an answer. You just want a bunch of liberals (which yahoo answers has no short supply of) to agree with you about how illegal everything is and how much bush sucks and how we are stealing oil. You refuse to take in account Saddam's WMD (chemicals) he used on kurds, his attacking and occupying Kuwait, his throwing out UN inspectors. I could go on but I know you have probably stopped reading by now since I don't agree with you.

Answer 9

You aren't going to accept a rational answer, so why bother asking the question..?

Oh, I get it! It was a rhetorical question! It was your oh-so-clever way of making a political statement. How cute for you!

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A poster (TommyG) below wrote: "Congress declares war."

Correct. Congress declared war on Iraq on October 11th, 2002.

Answer 10

......let's see....to keep the military/industrial complex running at a high level, to have an American-friendly government in place in a very oil-rich country, because his wife told him she didn't like seeing all those women all covered up, because his "adviser's" told him to (he's not bright enough to have come up with it on his own)...to get our minds off the REAL problems in this country (like racism, poverty, poor economy, horrible schools, too many guns and too much violence, the loss of the middle class etc., etc.).....Yeah, that's the ticket.


PS__To the rah-rah above me: How the hell is going to war in Iraq going to stop terrorists???? Sure, everyone felt powerless after 9/11, and we all wanted to "hit" somebody, but you can't bomb/fight/gun-down everyone who would like to hurt Americans. (We've brought a lot of this hate upon ourselves--they may want to "shove" Islam down our throats, but we've tried to shove "Christianity", "freedom", "democracy" down the throats of the rest of the world for a long time.) (We don't want Muslims telling us that our women have to be covered, but we will try to tell gays that they can't marry--hmmmmm....which idea is based in RELIGION???Which is supposed to be separated from the state in this country!!!!


TO MIKE B--below my answer: How is angering even more Muslims going to prevent anything like 9/11 from happening again? If anything, people hate America even more!

Answer 11

The question dosen't matter. Bush went to war because we put him in the White House. Either get behind him or vote him out. He is being paid to do our bidding, and I stand behind that.