1. To keep the public's fear of terrorism on their minds.
2. To make people who own shares in defense contractors money.
3. To try and please people by making them think we are fighting terrorism.
4. To cause people to start trading oil with the U.S. dollar instead of the euro.
5. Having an excuse to pass more bills retracting our basic rights protected by the constitution. One emergency plan at a time.
6.To take heat off the fact that even though we were apparently under attack from super hateful terrorists, we had a 3 year blank where no major terrorist attacks were perpetrated against us.
7.To boost Bush's public opinion polls.
8. To establish permanent military bases.
9. To cause turmoil in order to give the U.N. more power and reason to act.
There are plenty more, but they start getting farther out there and it's not likely most people would even consider them possible.
2006-08-16 04:50:27
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answered by cat_Rett_98 4
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Intentions. . .or do you mean reasons for going to war? I think intentions are very difficult to discern. Especially as a policy statement. If you took a room full of generals that recommended the war and politicians that voted for the war you would find that they all have varying intentions.
All we have to go by are the obvious facts:
The reasons were self-evident. Iraq did not comply with the cease fire agreement from the previous gulf-war. If Iraq had complied with the agreement then the second war could not have occurred. Iraq gave the US every possible excuse for going to war.
The intentions would then follow that the US went to war to enforce the UN Resolutions in order to ensure that Iraq could not once again become a threat in the region.
Any conspiracy theories have no basis in fact (this does not necessarily make them wrong - just imaginary).
2006-08-16 03:28:49
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answered by Moose C 3
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Conspiracy theories and Bushes reasons aside, I think it boils down to several economic reasons .
1. The US economy crasshed after 9-11. The stock market fell, unemployment was way up etc. Going to war has long been proven to help the econmy. The war in Afghan and the War in Iraq have both helped the US get back on track economically
2. If IRAQ was at full capacity, the oil price would cut in half instantly. We all know what this would do to the economy
2006-08-16 03:00:57
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answered by billyandgaby 7
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Everyone says it was for the oil. Where is all of this oil? It is still in Iraq. People in Iraq was being persecuted by an insane leader. They did have weapons of mass destruction. No one understands the effects of nerve gas. It is a slow killer, not fast. This effects the breathing, moving and heartbeat. Mustard gas burns you to death. Not immediately, but slowly. Would people rather had this raining down on them? They are still finding stashes of weapons in the hidden bunkers. The news just doesn't advertise this.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_gas Try reading these links it may help you understand.
2006-08-16 03:06:53
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answered by Anonymous
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there could be an almost infinite number of reasons and combination of reasons
I think it was a show of strength against the weakest country in the region (I don't buy that Bush thought they had WMDs or any military strength) and a land grab in an oil rich region for oil and to establish a military base
2006-08-16 03:08:22
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answered by anonacoup 7
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Sure, free the Iraqis, and send a message to other terrorist countries. Mr. Liberal, you can do better than this flimsily disguised criticism.
2006-08-16 03:08:01
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answered by Anonymous
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To give the Ds something to complain about.
2006-08-16 03:15:51
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answered by SPLATT 7
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trick question... you cant enumerate them all...
since the intentions are irrational
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2006-08-16 02:58:44
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answered by shazam 6
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