What Justification was there for the Invasion of Iraq?

Question

Dubya gave Saddam a time limit to stand down and Saddam didn't do it, on what grounds and evidence of WMD did Dubya based his invasion of Iraq on? Was it a justifiable cause? Does loosing 2400+ American Soldiers enough justification for this war?

Answer 1

It was WMDs, no wait a sec it was liberating the Iraqis from Saddam's evil, no wait it was peace in the region, no wait . . . it's hard for me to keep up with the latest lies from the "W" and cohorts.

Basically it's all about the oil, and a perceived (never proven) link to 9/11.

What a horrible morass to get into for extremely unclear reasons. Especially without a plan for what to do after the invasion. Read "Fiasco," very telling.

Answer 2

The only thing I can think of is oil. All of the reasons given by the Bush administration were proven false. There were no WMD. Bush' information was wrong. There was no need to go to Iraq.

Nine out of ten of 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia. Why didn't we invade them? Sure Hussein was a terrible leader, but there are a lot of them around. We don't invade N. Korea, because they have a million man marching army. We can hardly muster 140,000 in Iraq. Iran? They have nuclear missiles, and they proved in the Iran/Iraqi War that they would fight with their bare feet and hands if they had to.

Why does the President of the USA believe that he has the right to initiate an unprovoked war?
The UN didn't agree with him, and it has since been proven that they were correct.

Any Arab can tell you that this all began with the Allies dividing up the Middle East after
WW1, the discovery of oil in the 1930's, and Bush Sr. and his Secretary, Regan, messing with the oil industry in the early 1960"s.

American men and women should not be killed or maimed in this ancient, tribal war. Let the tribes fight it out amongst themselves. Why should we care what kind of government they want? They certainly don't like ours. When someone wins, we'll set up oil contracts with whatever governments are there. Period.

The billions of dollars spent in Iraq could be used in our own country for health, education welfare and protection against illegal immigration.

In my opinion, the world was in far better shape, before the second invasion of Iraq. The entire Middle East has become a tinder box.
A problem that could have been localized has turned the earth into a planet of terror.

Don't you just wish we could turn back the clock?

Answer 3

I feel your concern.
I would not blame it all on one person though.
Terrorism is a hard thing to understand, and so are politics.You may have to wait two hundred years before you get all the answers.
It may help to think of Iraq as a sposor of terrorism before you think of any issues leading up to one event.
Some people realize that behind the scenery that Iraq may have sposored a plot to flood the American economy with the best counterfit twenty dollar bills in existence, you probably passed a few unknowingly.
when someone is out to get you you might want to know all of the facts.

Answer 4

Your boy in Baghdad was mandated by the UN to prove he DID NOT have WMD. Clinton didn't have the balls to make him show his cards, so the thought "Dubya", as you so glibly call him, would be the same. You mess with the bull, you get the horn.

We lose 65,000 lives per year on US highways. Does that not cause you moral outrage?

Answer 5

It had something to do with repeated ignored sanctions from the U.N., and repeated ignoring of the terms of cease-fire from the previous Gulf war. Also, it had something to do with the hundreds of thousands of people Sadaam tortured, raped and murdered and it had something to do with Iraq hosting terroist training camps and it had something to do with him refusing to show how he disposed of his WMD's which probably ended up being taken to Syria via Russian transport. Other than that, I guess Bush was just sick of Iraq's crap.

Answer 6

Because of all the Death acts caused upon AMERICAN PEOPLE HERE & ABROAD----Airplane hijacking in the past, Bombing buildings where our soldiers stood guard in the past, Bombing of the world trade center in 1993, the world trade center SEPT. 11, 2001, the attempt in london this month--& all the FUTURE ATTEMPTS THAT WILL BE MADE-----WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! People from all parts of the arab middle eastern world are responsible for this acts and their leaders---George W. Bush said on the mountain of rubble, bodyparts, fire and building that ALL>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>PEOPLE FROM THAT SIDE OF THE WORLD WILL HEAR FROM US (THE USA) on that day in sept. 2001

Answer 7

only & only to keep hold on oil producing countries & paving the way for Israel to become a policeman for oil producing countries.

Answer 8

None whatsoever.

Answer 9

increasing the price of oil....for cheney's sake

long live cheney! batteries not included...

Answer 10

Some tidbits on the justification of invasion:

a) the UN had multiple resolutions on the table, many of them authorizing force if there was no Iraqi facilitation of weapons inspections. The UN's integrity and future existence were on the line. What would be the use or force of UN resolutions if no one implemented them or enforced them? Go back to the records on UN resolutions on Iraq. We were at risk of turning the UN into a paper tiger if we did not bring Saddam into compliance, by whatever means the UN resolutions dictated.

b) Evidence of WMD's: if you look through the documented uses of WMD's by Saddam, you will find that he did possess the intent, ability and history of development and use of these weapons. When you've built and used WMD's before, and you are a dictator who has oppressed the Shi'ite majority for decades as well as the Kurdish minority, and you've used the weapons on these cultural denominations, what makes the world think you won't use them again? Or sell them to further your foreign policy of agitation and imbalance in the Middle East. Saddam had the ability, cash, and intent to build and use WMD's, because he had done it before.

c) see the source link below for a bit of information on how we USED to fight wars and how many casualties we incurred on a single day to land our forces at Normandy in 1944.


The nation's populace should never be hardened to the tragedy of warfare, but nor should the nation acquiesce to the likes of Saddam or any other dictator who oppresses, murders and tortures innocent human beings for the sake of remaining in despotic power and control. EVEN if those oppressed turn against us when they are freed from the dictator's yoke. People need to educate themselves, live in security and with hopes of prosperity and learn to live with those around them. We cannot afford another century of continuous mass murders, oppressive Sharia enforcement or energy blackmail in the Middle East (not to mention the threats to the one democratic/capitalist nation in the region, Israel). People may not like the Israelis or the fact that they have their own state surrounded by nations willing to send children to their death to 'resist' a nation fully content to stay within its borders and live peacefully among its neighbors. It doesn't mean those nations have a right or justification to threaten Israel on a daily basis. The world must realize by now that the Islamic radicalism spouting forth from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and the core of Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Saudi Arabia is a threat to ALL Western civilization. Spain and France and the UK have seen what their Islamic minorities think of democracy and freedom. Yet they are content to appease. The U.S. is not content to appease and realizes that extremists have abducted the religion of Islam, politicized it against the modern world and seek to regress the modern world by force. That is enough reason to have a U.S. presence in the region to ensure that these radical elements think a few times before launching an overt military operation that will first target Israel and then the eastern borders of the EU before overwhelming the continent completely. There has to be a realization that the world is at war with a determined force that has placed NO VALUE on human life here on earth. Their perceived victory has no concern for body count, only what is 'promised' to delusional warriors who believe death and destruction (not peace and cooperation) are sure tickets to heaven.

Saddam broke UN resolutions on a daily basis, did less and less to control Al Qaeda elements within Iraq, did have WMD's in the recent past, and had a history of conducting foreign and military policy against U.S. and allied interests in the region. With a war waging in Afghanistan and potential for pro-American regimes in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt to be overthrown in the near future, the U.S. made the right decision to insert itself in Iraq and forcefully bring dictatorship to an end. If the future shows us that democracy in Iraq postures itself against the U.S., at least Americans will know the true will and intention of Iraqis and the Sharia-based governments of the Middle East, and our foreign policy, along with those of our allies, can be developed and executed accordingly.

The war in Iraq was poorly executed, but not a poor decision at the outset. The U.S. must defend its energy, financial and allied interests abroad, and for 2500 lives, none lost in vain, the US has been able to introduce democracy to one nation in the region. It is not an easy sell, nor an easy peace to maintain. The alternative was to leave Saddam to his devices, supported by Russia, France, Germany and others in covert assistance, and allow the continual brutality, subjugation and death that the Shi'ite and Kurd community had experienced for 30+ years. Coupled with a weapons program within Iraq that may not be used by the state for fear of retaliation, but could be sold through back channels to those with the funding and intent on using such weapons. There were plenty of candidates willing to buy Saddam's weapons (or those funneled through him by other states)...this would not be a viable alternative to invasion. Again, it cannot be overstated, the decision to invade was correct, the execution of the war deplorable, but we are at a juncture where we have to support and defend those willing to live peacefully and democratically, for it is only with those elements that the world can continue to thrive. You cannot bargain or negotiate with those who prefer death. No one believes the average Iraqi prefers death, and as we have liberated them from Saddam, we should support them in rebuilding and reaffirming their faith in life.