Why didn't the U.S. get international support before the Iraq invasion?

Question

Did most of the rest of the world refuse to help, or was the help on such a small scale that the public didn't hear about it? I think we need 10 times the troops we have there now to get the job done and I think some of the respectible countries should be helping us out as this is definetly a breeding ground for terrorists.

Did 30 other countries really support us in this fight? Please elaborate someone.

Answer 1

Arrogance, not learning from history, the propagandist believing its own press...

Cheney thought it would take 30 days and "we will be greeted with flowers"
Rumsfled predicted a cost of $40 billion for the entire thing and that oil would pay for it

We however did get a couple of countries by name to join who very soon withdrew (after they got their payments)

Answer 2

Because the rest of the World didn't support the Iraq Invasion. Countries like France and Germany accepted that it was for different reasons than the U.S. states, and wouldn't support it. The U.N. did not give the U.S. permission to mobilize an invasion either.

Answer 3

Because many nations think that the U.S. had no business invading Iraq. From a non-American's viewpoint, that looked a whole lot like arrogance. I mean... duties to defend democracy? *blinks*

Oh yeah, the U.S. did get international support. :)

And not giving support does not mean that they're siding with the terrorists.

Answer 4

We had many countries support us in the Iraq invasion. We would possibly have more if it wasn't for the Food for Oil scandal that other countries were participating in.

For a map of the countries participating, see source

Answer 5

The rest of the world didn't support the invasion of Iraq because the U.S. shouldn't have invaded Iraq.

Answer 6

We have support for the Iraq war. Go on the Defense Department website and ask.

Answer 7

Oh yeah, 30 other countries, and how many troops have they sent? How much money?
I herd that when Bush was told that two Brazilian soldiers had been killed. He was really upset, and commented, “I didn’t know we had that many people over there”

Answer 8

The agenda is to make USA the next Bad Guys.

that's hard to do if everyone is our Allys.

lets be honest the US governemt only had to say national security.
and the press wouldent have been allowed to show all those horible pictures.

let alone letting any info get past them.

Answer 9

The United States DID have international support. Have you forgotten all those U.N. resolutions? Here's a reference...

Answer 10

We tried. Most countries are passive now and do not have the stomach to fight a war to preserve their way of life. We do......

Answer 11

The USA, or Bush in particular doesn't care about world approval.