How come people believe Saddam and Osama were friends?

Question

Now we all know Saddam and Osama were not friends and Saddam did not Support Osama and his followers. So tell me again why we are in Iraq.

Answer 1

To answer question #1, ignorance.

To answer #2, well duh, Intelligence was skewed to fit what the Bush administration wanted to hear. Simply put, some facts were not admitted, one being that there was no absolute evidence of any WMDs in Iraq, and that Saddam did not posess the capability of launching weapons further than 700Km, the range of the Al Hussein Scud-B. The intel was so skewed that Colin Powell himself went to bat at the UN going by bad intel. The intel that was passed to the US was from the UK, and was third hand from dissidenst in Iraq with nothing more than an axe to grind against Saddam. Yes, Saddam and his regime were responsible for the murders of thousands of his people, thats something that cannot be disputed. But was Iraq any real threat to the US or our oil interests in the region, no, not really. Following the 1991 Gulf War, teh US has maintained a round the clock year in and year out monitoring of the region, and has kept a constant patrol of the Iraqi border since, I should know, I was there in 1995-1996. At least 1 Marine Expeditionary Unit was in the area every 3 to 6 months, and was there from 2 to 3 months in the area. Trust me, Saddam wasn't doing anything or going anywhere. Did he really pose a threat, IMO, no, not as much as a mosquito does to one.

Also it has been found that there has never been any ties between Saddam and Osama. The best way to think about it is like so. Osama is an extremist in his religion, death to everybody opposed to us, kill, hate, maim... Saddam on the other hand would be more like an easter/christmas church goer.

If you wanna think about it more in Western terms, think the difference between David Koresh (remember Waco?) (God is great, lets kill anyone who is not us, and lets also brainwash everyone to do our bidding) and Bill Clinton. Lets just say for arguements sake, both are the same religion. One is a wacko, no pun in tended, and the other just pays lip service to the church. Make sense?

Answer 2

You will be told once again... and we know that you will IGNORE THE FACTS ONCE AGAIN

We are in Iraq because of the Iraqi regime (Saddam's regime) violated the terms of the cease-fire. Those violations gave the justification for the nullification of said cease-fire and the continuation of the war actions happened. The job was allowed to be finished, that should have either been finished by George HW Bush or Clinton.

Answer 3

Just because Saddam didn't support Osama does not mean he wasn't a terrorist.

Answer 4

maybe, but Sadaam is what Bin Laden would have soon become if we dont put a bullet in him or put our troops in his country. Sadaam had it coming for a long time...why? Crimes on humanity! What are we believing he was a passive tree-hugger now?

Answer 5

"Iraq... Al Qaeda... Iraq... Al Qaeda..."

Hitler said that a great leader manages to make it seem as though all his enemies belonged to the same group

Answer 6

People believe this because they are IDIOTS!!! These people choose to believe lies that the liar has already admitted was a lie!

They'd believe that the sky is a big dome over the flat earth if only Bill O'Reilley says it's so!

Answer 7

Because most americans tend to lump all arabs together. Out of pure ignorance.
But they do know everything there is to know about tomcat, britney, brangelina etc.

Answer 8

To take out Iran!

Answer 9

Easy answer. They had a common enemy. It is also proven that they had contacts. These two were not "kissing friends" maybe, but definetly fellow traveller type relations.
Plenty of similar examples in history

Answer 10

What is your source?

They might not be drinking buddies, but if they aren't - their agenda is the same. To rule the world thru terror.