2006-07-07 06:34:28 · 8 answers · asked by Olivia 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
It was first mentioned during the Nixon administration, during the oil crisis as a means of securing oil and pumping enough to keep prices low.
Since that time every administration with the except of Carter has entertained the thought.
2006-07-07 06:47:06 · answer #1 · answered by Leslie G 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
What most people do not know is that certain high ranking officials in the Bush administration have been working for regime change in Iraq for the past decade, long before terrorism became an important issue for our country.
In 1997 they formed an organization called the Project for the New American Century (PNAC). They have sought the establishment of a much stronger U.S. presence throughout the Mideast and Iraq's Saddam Hussein has been their number one target for regime change.
Members of this group drafted and successfully passed through Congress the Iraqi Liberation Act, giving legal sanctions for an invasion of the country, and funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to Hussein opposition groups called the Iraqi National Congress and The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq.
2006-07-07 13:41:56 · answer #2 · answered by Truth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In case you didn't notice, the attack has already happened. ;)
Seriously, though - we have all kinds of plans to attack all kinds of people. A well-prepared military needs to strategize different kinds of military responses to a variety of different scenarios. For instance, we probably have a boatload of plans on how to attack China, Syria, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, etc.
I'm sure that well-developed invasion plans for Iraq have been on the table at least since the end of the first Gulf War. It would be a national disgrace if we didn't have plans to attack potentially hostile foreign powers.
2006-07-07 13:40:18 · answer #3 · answered by zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As soon as they thought it was possible , to trick the American people into believing that Iraq , was the one that committed 9/11 .
2006-07-07 13:44:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
About a year.
2006-07-07 13:39:09 · answer #5 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since 1991. A faction later known as Neoconservatives were pushing for it. 9/11 gave them an excuse to do what they already wanted to do, and the American people fell for it.
2006-07-07 13:38:44 · answer #6 · answered by kreevich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ever since the world trade center was attacked by the planes in 2001, you do the math
2006-07-07 13:38:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anon. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My name is Luis and it means my name to me. I'm glad I can help!!
2006-07-07 13:38:30 · answer #8 · answered by El Luigy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋