re: iraq why are we there?

Question

i have been to iraq i did my time in the army (INFANTRY) i chose to get out. i know what alot of our soldiers are going through over there

my question pertains more to WHY are we there. (after 9/11 we went after OSAMA but counld'nt find him so the president decides to attack IRAQ instead) for that matter why were we in any war that didn't involve us (USA) in the first place

Answer 1

Why don't we all ask him? This applies to any issue we have nowadays. Why don't we ask our politicians what they are doing with issues. As long as issues like the Iraqi war, immigration, deficits, the list goes on and on, as long as things go unsolved we will keep getting more and more frustrated with our governments ineffectiveness at solving issues that we will reach a breaking point. If the government would just do something, yeah some would be upset with what happened but at least we could get over it and move on. We need to demand that things start getting solved because our politicians are getting lazy and are only out for personal or the parties gain and are not doing there jobs. We need to start demanding answers to these questions because I don't think we have been told the real reason why we are still there.

Answer 2

First let me thank you for fighting for our country. But you pose an excellent question. Why are we there? What is the Iraq war really about? Oriaginally we were told that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.. More importantly what the hell did Saddam have to do with 911? As far as I can tell Nothing... That was all Osama and Al Queeda (sp) right? I have no clue why we are there or why we continue to lose our soliders. Oil? Financial gain by individuals in power? Perhaps.. I want to toush on what you briefly mentioned. You said (after 9/11 we went after OSAMA but couldn't find him) I want you to think about that... Do you think that the government can't really find him? Think about it....

Answer 3

Well, the fact that Saddam was funding and harboring terrorists would be a good place to start. How about all the times he thumbed his nose at the "peace weenies", oh I'm sorry "UN Inspectors" when it came time for them to "inspect". How about the "oil for food" program where Saddam and his "chosen" along with the FRENCH and RUSSIAN gov and Head of UN (can't spell the guys name) were getting rich while the Iraq people were in desolate conditions? How about the terrible, inhumane way he treated his people? And before you ask, yes I think we should invade every country that has a dictator like Saddam. My next move would be Iran AND North Korea, then Cuba, and then suppressive South American govs. But I realize that is a financial impossibility for our country and there are too many people out there that think we should care what the "peace weenies" think.

Answer 4

well, other than the fact that saddam was a horrible human being we are there, and not to mention all the cynical financial dealing and conspiracy theories, to spread democracy in the middle east. Iraq was a reasonable choice, they had a dictator who sucked, but gave them enough freedom that they could live in a democracy, the other countries over there are either our nominal allies, or run by religious freaks and would be much harder to change over. This is of course assuming that we had a decent plan to convert them to democracy, which it seems we didnt. What do you expect from a guy who has never finished anything he's started without ruining it.

Answer 5

We are there for oil!

There was no reason to attack Iraq, in fact, it appears we have destabilized the whole area with Iran wanting to be big cheese.

Bush knew there were no WMD's, he knew there was no gas, even though we gave him a lot prior to the gulf.

Bush knew there was no connections to Osama and Saddam, they actually agreed on little. He knew there were no nuke start-ups, or yellow cake from Africa!

Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11, he attacked no one, and didn't threaten to attack anyone.

He was an easy mark, or so Bush thought. Guess he blew that one also!

Answer 6

Saddam celebrated 9/11 by doubling his pay to the families of suicide bombers that succeeded in killing Israelis and Americans. the ties between Saddam and al Queda are laid out in the 2nd chapter of the 9/11 Commission Report. Although, there was no verification of his directly helping with the attacks on September 11, 2001, he openly and continually supported the terrorist network. Al Queda has no borders, no country to invade... so we have to go after the government leaders that openly support the terrorists.

Thank you for volunteering to protect your country. glad you're home safe.

Answer 7

Good question,
George Bush claimed that there were "weapons of mass destruction" it was later determined that there were no weapons of mass destuction. Enron a company associated with VP Cheney is over there on a no bid contract making millions of dollars at the tax payers expense. It sickens me to think about it for too long.

Answer 8

We are trying to establish peaceful democracies in the middle east to let Muslims in radical Islamic countries know that they can have a better life. but this is a decades long project which may have been ill-considered and ill-planned.

Answer 9

Bless you for making it home from there...
Took out that Saddam regime. Now the country is unstable...Those Iraqi's have never had a government so They don't know how to proceed...

Answer 10

specific. this would desire to have been accomplished interior the 1st place. After 9/11, bush had the sympathy of the international and would have created a international coalition to wrestle AlQaeda. yet he squandered this opportunity and invaded a u . s . that had no longer something to do with the assaults on the international commerce middle.