Why is America attacking Iraq when the people that crushed them planes on 9/11 were all from SAUDI ARBIA ?????

Answer 1

not to discourage the numbat that owns the previous answer, but wasnt the usa a colony seeking independence. iraq was invaded, make no mistake as was afghanistan. so that the us can install a govt that will approve spending on us products. if they were so concerned about humanitarian face of conflict, why did they sit on their hands so long with the situations that arose in somalia, the balkans and chechnya. dont begin to think you understand the middle east or method of govt.. this region has been developing since the day god gave man breath. it will continue this way for eternity and the interference of democratic dictators is veiwed as a petulant children that has trouble identifying with its limited importance at the adults table

Answer 2

The USA did not attack the Saudis because like it or not the USA (and coincidentally the World) is beholden to these guys. The Saudis hold a large percentage of the World's known oil reserves, so any war on these guys could possibly jack up the prices of gas to as much as $120 a barrel or worse. Much has also been made of Bush, Cheney and Company's connections to the Saudi elite (perhaps the only "true" piece of info out of that Farenheit 9/11 movie). Personally I think an attack on the Saudis would make anti-Americanism even more virulent and rabid because the Saudis hold within their lands the two holiest cities in Islam (Mecca and Medina), and if Iraq is any indication no amount of restraint by the USA can prevent these cities from suffering damage which can and probably will cause outrage throughout all of Islam, giving the Terrorists the much needed ammo to fight the USA and probably even Europe and/or Christendom itself (it sounds crazy...but the world is a crazy place). As for why Iraq...I wont even go there anymore...just listen to whatever everyone else is saying and you decide for yourself what is true.

Answer 3

Well, for the 10,000th time Iraq was liberated from a brutal dictator who not only massacred he own people but was a threat to the middle east in general (IE Kuwait). We (The coalition) are there by the request of the newly free elected government to help rebuild their infrastructure and train security forces so that they will be able to defend themselves against the insurgents and terrorist that want to use Iraq as their strong hold. A stable Iraq is good for the region and the world. The war on terror was officially kicked off when after many such terrorist attacks (9/11 being only one of them), we had finally had enough. I hope this helps you get this straight in your head.

Answer 4

Not because Bush lied, if anyone can get over that lie. The U.S. played a major role in stopping Hussein from controlling the Persian Gulf, including Saudi Arabia. SA permitted U.S. military bases there after the Persian Gulf War to constrain Hussein until he was overthrown. However, he wasn't - in great part because of the corruption in the Oil For Food program. Meanwhile, the U.S. presence in SA made some Saudis see their situation as impotent against a government that wasn't going to give them the political power they wanted as long as Americans were there to secure stability. They also saw the American military as a foreign entity threatening their sovereignty. They joined bin Laden and became terrorists. The best way to get out of that quagmire was to get rid of Hussein, move for democracy and stability in Iraq that would give real power to Iraqis to form their own government.

Answer 5

Very good question. Conservatives have been trying to answer this very question, but to no avail. Basically there is no clear link to the 9/11 attackers and Iraq, but soldiers are still being killed for Bush's unpopular war.

Answer 6

Very Simple my friend, because america needs OIL to run their country's industrial needs and they can easily get it from Saudi and Kuwait. But it was very difficult for them to get it from Iraq so they attacked it by accusing them with WMD and formed a government which can dance on their finger tips.

Answer 7

We need a strong democratic and Arab presense in the middle east in order to foster peace and have closer control over terrorist training facilities. Iraq was subjugated by a maniac and the easiest place to begin. We did not "attack Iraq." We liberated millions who are now voting and beginning to rule themselves.

Did France attack us when we were succeeding from Britains rule? No, they sent troops and helped us. Same with us in Iraq.

Daniel
iPowerGRFX Tampa Website Designers
http://www.ipowergrfx.com
http://www.publicadjuster.com

Answer 8

Suadia Arabia owns 8% of all american investment.
Suadia Arabia's embassador is so close to the bush family he is called Bandar Bush.
Sudia Arabia produces so much oil...
When we closed the Bin Sultan airbase in Sudia Aribia we needed a new place to build bases.


This is a link to a documentary that explains how we got in iraq, how information was manipulated and interviews with CIA anaylist who were part of the Iraq movement to war, and the role of the Vice president in all this.

I recommend every american view it.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/darkside/view/

after watching it i recommend you encourage others to do it so as to know what really happended.

Answer 9

because the insurgents went to Iraq to hide. the US is in Iraq to find, kill, or capture the insurgents, we are not at war with Iraq. why would the Us troops be at war with Iraq but yet still be re-building schools, and putting in water and suers for the Iraqi people who didn't have this before they arrived?

a military wife

Answer 10

Don't ask such stupid questions. If the world ran by the form of thinking you present we'd be in a lot more trouble.