Was Iraq going to attack us if we did not attack them first?

Answer 1

No.
Based on?
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Well, till then Iraq had not made any threats about attacking America, infact, GW never did say that Iraq plans to attack them
What he said was that they have Weapons of Mass Destruction and might one day randomly wake up in the morning, get off the wrong side of the bed and attack the US.

Now why Iraq would plan to attackt the US is a mystery. There were no signs of aggression. They didn't like America, but hey, that's not a crime is it?

Now since no WMDs were found.. makes you think huh?
If they didn't show any aggression, if they didn't have any WMD, and if all they had was the worlds second largest oil reserves.. then why did GW attack?

I don't know .... <_<

Interesting fact that people outside America know - Saddam and Osama were enemies, not friends. Iran and Iraq were ALWAYS enemies, heck, the US even helped in that was.

So Iraq had nothing to do with Al Quaida, just like America has nothing to do with Yugoslavia --- People aren;t the same because of their colour or religion..

So.. in conclusion, no.. Iraq wasn't going to attack America.

Answer 2

Doubtful. As were the reasons...cailming Iraq was threat to the U.S. and had WMD's, which we know now are both false.

What I find courious is that while we were preparing for war with Iraq, North Korea WAS builting nukes, testing missles and so on. The only reasoning I can imagine for our Iraqi adventure is to clean up from the the orginal war and quite frankly...if you're the new bully on the block you go after the weak instead of the strong. I believe the North Koreans would defend their country with a lot more enthuasism than the Iraqi's did, and american bodybags would be coming home by the planeload.

Answer 3

No. They didn't have the capability to do so. But they did have the capability to hit Israel. But were they going to? No. Were they paying money to the families of suicide bombers in the middleast? Yes. To the tume of $7500. But if you step back and look at the other countries in the region, the biggest contributors to are our allies, with Saudi Arabia being the biggest contributor by giving the families $35000. Was Iraq in the top 10? Yes. Was Iraq in the top 5? No. The top 5 are our allies.

Iraq was contained. They didn't pose a threat to us or our allies. THe invasion could have waited until AFTER we finished in Afghanistan.

Answer 4

Are you some sort of crazy person the U.S. is thousands of time more powerful than Iraq and Iraq is an economically poor country its people had been deafeted in 1990's they were a defeated lot.
And another thing havent you seen the tapes of 1990's where several Iraqi figthters gave away their Guns to American Journalists.
Dont you Know their people had to stand everyday 10 hours in Lines to get Ration and essential requirements
They were of no threat to any country Except maybe to Iran
As Saddam had hostile relations with Iran.

Answer 5

I don't think so. Saddam had too much to lose, and being the type of survivor he was, he would have known that it would mean the end of him and his regime. Would Iraq have tried to cause as much trouble for the U.S as possible? Yes!
They were definitely smarting over the first gulf war defeat, but whether it would have led them to openly attack the U.S, is highly unlikely in my opinion.
His main thing was to stay in power..

Answer 6

No, we had Saddam contained since the first Gulf war. There was no real good reason to attack Iraq unless you wanted to cause instability in the region in order to raise gas prices so that the oil company's could reap the benefits. Thanks George.

Answer 7

NO they werent. 9/11 had NOTHING to do with Iraq and 9/11 is when we decided to go there. Im no conspiracy theorist, but 9/11 was perfect timing for Bush's agenda toward Sadaam Hussein.

its "he tried to kill my daddy" syndrome.

hey you below me. I didnt say Bush DID say it! I said that 9/11 happened and the next thing you know we are in Iraq! Just a coincidence I suppose.

Answer 8

The decision of the war based on thought that if we remove the embargo , then saddam might resume the WMD researches in future and with propable connections with Ai-Qaida ,he might give them these weapons to use on our soil like....the dirty bomb.

Answer 9

I don't think so. My recollection is that Al Quida attacked us and they were based in another country at the time. But I will defer to a historian if there is one who answers.

Answer 10

no they would not but they did support osama who made 9/11 work so well saddam only had short range weapons in which he used on his own ppl it was a chance for bush to get him but also saddam was evil so what can we do?