what is the real aim for usa in invasing Iraq?

Answer 1

oil;oil;and nothing but oil.

Answer 2

Oil? Could be, but let's think out this one.
Recent news has indicated that "big oil" has made billions due to the high price of oil. If we actually turned on Iraqs' oil "spicket" to full capacity, which it has not the case for over a decade, it would undoubtly lower oil prices by increasing supply, thereby lowering prices and reducing profits for oil companies.
Ok, that being said perhaps the more reasonable conclussion is that we created unrest in the middle east to drive up the price of oil.
Ok, but we could of done that without ground troops by just bombing them every once in a while.
Perhaps, Bush had a grudge against Saddam for trying to assinate Bush Sr and wanted a little revenge.
Maybe just maybe, Saddam had been a thorn in our side for a long time. Perhaps we viewed him as a threat (read Pres. Clintons speech the night he launched Desert Fox) if not now, in the future (Saddam begetted two sons who made him look like a saint, one of which was being groomed for leadership) or perhaps we just don't know, and only time will tell.

Answer 3

Oil!?!? Yeah, whatever. That is why we pay six cents a gallon for gas, right? That is just idiotic and misses the big picture of what is really happening.

The Western world is at war with the Middle East. They are Islamists, fundamentalist terrorists. That much, we all know.
The entire region must be seen as a whole- all the way from Lebanon in the west to Afghanistan in the east. What is in the middle? Why, it is Iraq.
The US and its Allies (er...ok, only Britain...) have used the oldest tactic in the history of warfare in order to defeat its enemy: the Wedge.
The wedge divides the enemy at his middle and installs an overwhelming force that can withstand attack from all sides. That is exactly what is happening there now. People from Iran and Jordan are showing up in Iraq to butt heads with this immovable force called the United States Marine Corps.
Basically what happens with a wedge tactic is that you cut off the enemy's supply lines and his communication. You allow him to use all the resources at his disposal to rid the wedge from the region (banging his head against a steel wall...) and allow him to deplete everything he has. Once he has been defeated in resources and in temperament, you can easily spread out and make the wedge larger and larger until the enemy is history.
Brilliant!

Let us thank the next president of the United States for her incredible foresight, Dr. Condolleeza Rice. Without her, we would still be scratching our heads about what to do with the Islamist menace that plagues our world.
Long live Condi.

Answer 4

You think Iraq was the problem.
Wait til you see what happens with Syria and Iran.
Thanks to past Presidents, we now have ended up with such a mess that could have been settled a long time ago.
We need to get our heads out of the sand !

Answer 5

It saves the US from dumping dated military hardware which might cause a political scandal given the cost of it. It really is much more politically acceptable if this hardware can be used to boost the US economy while making room for over priced, newer, questionably reliable equipment. Plus it's much more acceptable to kill people who Americans don't really know or can be made afraid of.

Answer 6

I'm still not sure, but whatever the aim was it looks to have failed, miserably. Unless it was for Haliburton and ilk to make lots of money, military spending is definately up.

Answer 7

I think you should ask the people of Iraq.

A survery was done last year. About 75% of them said, "for control of Iraqi resources"
About 2% said "liberation"
Others were not sure.

But when asked if US forces should now leave, the overwhelming majority said "yes"

Answer 8

Oil

Answer 9

No real reason W needed to finish his daddy's war

Answer 10

Ask Dick Cheney or the CEO of Halliburton!

Answer 11

Global stategy.

Iraq is nothing more tha a staging ground.