What started the war in Iraq?

Answer 1

Which one?

Answer 2

George W Bush seeking to make a stable democracy right in the middle of bil oil. The truth is, his administation had a good, but extremely unrealistic idea. Occupying a foreign country with an army can only lead to the effects we see. Bush got in way over his head because he didn't think this through. He really didn't understand the differences between Sunni and Shite and Kurds. All he could see was trying to create an example of stability in the region all for OIL. He thought he was looking out for america's best interest so he decided to go to war by any means neccessary. Hence the faulty intelligence on WMDs. Bush was probably pressured into all of this by his war monger cabinet and Halliburton. Bush is merely the puppet, Cash and Oil rule this country and will be the cause of futrue conflicts

Answer 3

1st time Saddam's invasion of neighboring Kuwait. The second time, because Saddam had violated 13 UN peace resolutions and the US along with several other allied nations were fed up with his crap, and finally put some teeth in to a 14th resolution, which then Saddam thumbed his nose at the UN again, so the US and allied nations enforced the 14th resolution (resolution 1441). I know there are people who like to say we were lied to about the WMD's, you know what...who cares...that bastard should have been overthrown years ago (even before the first war). We would have been done with this crap long ago, and in the process of rebuilding a better Alli in the Middle East.

Answer 4

What started the war in Iraq was the same thing that starts every war in America- money. It's all about money, not freedom, liberty and all that jazz.

Answer 5

This is how it all started, Bush's family oil well dried out and they got a clue about Saddam's oil wells doing really well and everything and thus it all started! No freaking noble thoughts like saving mankind and all that BS! Straight forward and simple!

Answer 6

It has been confirmed across the board that 18-wheelers were seen going into Syria before the war, crossing the border soon after Iraqi intelligence replaced the border guards and cleared nearby areas for their passage. There are also eyewitness reports of the trucks going into Syria, and eyewitness reports of their burial in Lebanon.



The trucks with the weapons were tracked to three locations in Syria and Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, currently controlled by the Syrians, Iranians and Hezbollah. Sources I've spoken with that have seen satellite photos of the movements confirm that the WMD in Syria are at military bases, while the ones in Lebanon are buried. A fourth site in Syria, the al-Safir WMD and missile site, should also be looked at. From spring to summer 2002, there was a lot of construction here involving the expansion of underground complexes.



We have tremendous testimony as well, by General Georges Sada, the former second-in-command of Saddam's Air Force that 56 flights took place on converted Iraqi Airways planes in the summer of 2002 to transport weapons, along with a ground shipment. He claims to know the pilots involved. A second Iraqi general, Ali Ibrahim al-Tikriti, in an interview I published, confirmed in detail the movement of WMD into Syria saying that discussion on such a move went back to the 1980s. He claims his sources for this include Iraqi scientists and others in the regime that were very close to him even after he defected. He confirmed to me that Russian vehicles, including ones equipped to handle hazardous materials, were used. Reports of WMD being moved out of Iraq to Syria go back to 1997, and it is believed by many that weapons were moved in and out of Iraq using Syria routinely since the mid-1990s.



The Italian media also reported that their intelligence services had information indicating that in January and February of 2003, Iraqi CDs full of formulas and research work along with tubes of anthrax and botulinum toxin were sent off to Syria. By the end of February, Iraqi WMD expertise was already in Syria including a top nuclear physicist.



An Iraqi scientist also led Coalition forces to hidden stockpiles of precursor chemicals that could be used to make chemical and biological weapons. The scientist said some facilities and weapons were destroyed, and the rest were sent to Syria. Syrian defectors are also claiming that Syria is where the weapons are, along with Representative Curt Weldon's source in his new book. The Prime Minister of Albania even stated that based on information he has which is not available to the media, he cannot rule out such a transfer.



There is also a report that an Iraqi medium-range al-Hussein missile on a truck moved into Syria, and in the early stages of the war, was spotted briefly coming into Iraq, operating its radar overnight, and returning to Syria. Most reports about the transfer indicate missiles were included in the transfers.

Answer 7

SFC Mark W has a very true and informative answer, I hope you weren't just trolling for liberals to chime in with the "oil" answer without any hint of an independent thought of their own.

I wonder how we could have ever thought saddam supported the terrorist attacks on 9-11, Oh yeah because of this kind of crap:
http://www.spiritoftruth.org/images/3rd-infantry-saddam-911c.jpg
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/Pic.jpg
never forget!

Answer 8

Im going to assume you are talking about the one going on right now & it was Iraq because they bombed us remember?

Answer 9

Bush.. .besides when did the "War on Terrorism" turn into let's free the oppressed? Besides, weren't we suppose to find Ossama Bin Ladden?

Answer 10

i thought i was 911 but that was bin laden right, hmm oh yeah saddam wanted to destroy th world or somthing, with his super bombs which they never found. or maybe is was to save the iraq ppl from him somthing like that