Are we in Iraq for the reason we thought we were going to Iraq?

Question

Today President Bush just stated that he did not send troops to Iraq because of the 9/11 situtation. You know, when the planes were used as missiles to attack the US of A. I thought that we were at war because we were redirecting what was done to us to those that had some relation to 9/11. Bush clearly stated that it wasn't the attact on the US that we went to Iraq, but because of the WMD that are troops was sent. Which lead to the free of Iraq's people, which is now staying in Iraq untill the job is done. How does make you feel? Did we loose focus? What is the job?

Answer 1

I never thought we went to IRAQ because of 9/11, I thought that was apparent from the get go. We went because Bush wanted to start a war like Daddy did. It's all about the money he and Cheney made for their friends. And it is the war in Iraq that raised our fuel prices as well. We never had any business going there, the reports of WMD was a fraud and Bush new it from the get go. Saddam was a bad man, but he was the only one for the job, why do you think Bush Sr. left him in office back in the 1990's. Saddam was controllable. Don't even get me started on the religious right, idiots thinking they can start Armageddon and hasten the Lord's return. The Lord doesn't need their help, stupid morons. If they were really Christians (and saved by grace) they would be spreading the gospel not starting wars. ...I'm going off on a tangent, I'll stop.

Answer 2

The Bush administration never made a claim that Iraq was connected with 9/11. But it did claim that allowing terrorists to have state support was no longer an option.

There were a number of reasons given for going to war in Iraq:

- To remove a state sponsor of terrorism.
Iraq had been training terrorists since the end of the first gulf war. They provided aid to embassy bombers and cruise ship hijackers. They gave money to support the parents of suicide bombers. In the pre-9/11 world, that was bad, but in the post-9/11 world it became unacceptable. You cannot allow terrorist organizations to have a safe haven.

- To provide an island of democracy in the middle-east.
The domino theory has always proven itself valid (much to the consternation of the loony left) and we can use it to our advantage just as the Soviets could. If Iraq is a democracy, then there is great hope for neighboring Iran and Syria to follow.

- To enforce the surrender accords from 1991.
Iraq was supposed to completely disarm itself of chem and bio weapons after the gulf war surrender. They didn't. For a decade Iraq played cat and mouse with weapons inspectors. Under the surrender accords we had a complete right to inspect for unapproved weapons or hostilities could resume -- they did. There really is no more justification needed. The first time one of our no-fly-zone jets was fired upon or a weapons inspector was refused access we had full rights under international law and custom to resume hostilities. We did so resume.

There are those that will tell you that Iraq did not have WMD. They are lying. Over 500 artillery shells containing Sarin and Dusty Mustard have been found. Had Saddam complied with the 1991 surrender accords none of these would exist. Consider the havok that 1/5th of one of these shells wrecked on the Toyko subway in the early 1990s. They were and are a threat.

(and consider that six months of wishy-washy behavior on the Bush administrations part allowed many things to be transported out of the country.)

How does it make me feel?

Like we should have finished it off in 1991 when we were there. But better late than never.

Did we lose focus?

We never had it. Contrary to popular belief, George Bush is a complete pussy (so is his dad). If he had a pair, Syria and Iran would now be budding democracies (just like Iraq) or smoking bowls of glass.

What is the job?

The job is to secure Iraq while it becomes a representative democracy -- and it is going well. Casualties are amazingly low considering the time and size of the force. There have been over 600,000 tours with 2,600 KIA -- about 0.4%. WIA are running about 4%. This is far better than any war in the history of the US Army.

Leave the troops in Iraq for 50 years if that is what it takes. They are more effective in Iraq than at Fort Polk or Fort Hood.

Answer 3

Bush and his administration did their best to make a direct link between 9/11 and Iraq. The statements to congress to get authorization to attack where based on linking Saddam to Bin Laudin even though Bush was told there was no link. Additionally Bush used fear with the threat of Saddam having WMD and giving them to terrorist to justify his invasion.
The administration was told many times over that there were no WMD's and no link to Al Queda, but Bush choose to ignore these facts. Now 4 years later the story has been changed .
Today Bush announced that as long as he was President the troops would remain. The American public has been lied to and seems to have forgotten this.

Answer 4

this question has been asked dozens of times...don't be surprised that your not the first....and the answer has always been NO!!! why doesn't it sink it that we were lied to, and why does everyone ask the same darn questions!!!!! Yes if you followed the news we went to Iraq because of the weapons of mass destruction. Now that we have Saddam you would think that we would bring our troops home. Yes we lost focus...we lost it before we went to Iraq because the focus was supposed to be to make those who were responsible for 9/11 pay for what they had done, and to show we weren't going to tolerate that crap, but big daddy Bush slapped his son and said finish what I couldn't when I was president. The "job" now is to make sure that Iraq builds a new government and to make sure that its secure and blah blah blah...as far as how I feel...I think Bush should have never made it to a second term, that we have spent billions of dollars on another country that could have been spent on ours to help pay the national deficit, better or school system, and better help those in need in our country....I feel like we are spending money on a country (who has terrorized the US for years) to be a better country (by imposing our beliefs on them) and in the long run will terrorize us again someday because of what we are doing now!

Answer 5

Do you believe everything Bush tells us?

do you believe there were any WMD?

Who are some of the major investors in the oil businesses?

Answer these questions, put 2 and 2 and you will see the big picture.

Answer 6

The is money in war. Bush and Cheney both businessmen were looking to steal Iraqi oil. It had nothing to do with 911 of WMD's. The job was to secure the Iraqi oil Fields.

Answer 7

yes we lost focus the war had nothing to do with 9/11. IT was all about the oil and Bush's grudge against Saddam

Answer 8

They want to make Iraq as their training ground for the new recruit. They also want to test their new weapon, show to the world that they can attack any country in the world if they do not obey their order. They want to monopoly the oil revenue in the middle east country and finally to make sure that their adopted son , Israel would feel safe at home.

Answer 9

Just remember this. The Iraq war will end up just like Vietnam. Sad for all. We never learned from Vietnam.

Answer 10

ok being a military history student it is easy to grasp for me, i hope i can untangle it for you well enough...For starters war is political policy by other means...example in gulf war one our policy was for saddam to get the hell outta kuwait, he wouldn't we went to the un they said the same thing he still wouldn't and so we invaded and he got the hell outta kuwait and we left, our goal was achieved. in this case our war goal was to find wmd's, to get saddam outta power and to democrotize iraq. Ok so we searched...no wmd's we got saddam out and we have half accomplished democrotizing iraq, we have a govt in power and on paper but the unrest in the country is dissallowing us to leave they would fall to the insurgents and into civil war much like what happend in viet nam, we left a stable south vietnam but it fell very quickly hence our goal was not attained. So until we can satisfy our war goals we can't leave. Also bush changing his theories on the war it is possible to change war goals, such in korea our original goal was to maintain the 44th parrell but we in the middle went into laos ect fighting and once china got heavy and the threat was to have china into the war we backed off and changed goal back to our orginal one. as for the 9-11 saddam was funding afgan terror groups as in the al-caida so it did have partial to do with it.