Why did the Senate and the House?

Question

approve of military intervention in Iraq on October 11, 2002 and on October 10, 2002, and Bush decided to wait about 5 months? Was he giving Saddam a chance?

http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/11/iraq.us

http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/10/iraq.us

Answer 1

Thanks Scarbor...yeppers... Ol' GW was waiting for Diplomatic Negotiations to work... and Saddam thumbed his nose at the UN and their Resolutions from 1991.

France, Germany, and the Secretary-General of the UN were too busy making money off the Oil-for-Food Program and other business to want to get "involved".

Amazing though how Libya folded over WMD after living under sanctions and then watching Iraq's army get stomped.

Answer 2

The USA now controls the oil in Iraq. Iraq is the worlds 2nd. largest reserve. Oil is at $72/ barl. Gas will go up above the $2..29 now being paid. Iraq is about oil, Money and power, that's going to put a bunch of cash in the pockets of the Republicans in Congress. Also the Contracts to rebuild Iraq went to republicans who own companies like Halliburton. That would be Cheney.

Answer 3

no all of them approved,, some of the ones who did were given false intelligence reports,, Bush and team planned the war in Iraq before 9-11,, Saddam was doomed by these Thugs as soon as they bought off the US Supreme Court,, he had about as much chance as the GOP keeping the House and Senate in November 2006

Answer 4

He was trying to get United Nations support for the invasion of Iraq.

Answer 5

He may have wanted to see if the UN would back him on this

Answer 6

Pass the buck to Bush? Hmmmm...............