i dont understand why this war is happenin?

Question

i live in the uk and am 14
ok so if one of the UNs main aims is to stop wars between countries and is to help countires of poorer nations, and USA is a major part of the UN then why did Bush declare war on Iraq? i dont understand. doesnt he know he is just contradicting himself by saying hes going to help poorer nations and then declaring war on them. isnt this just creating more poverty? and arent more people just dying? i dont get it!

Answer 1

It's NOT about helping anyone. It's all about money and power. If Iraq was'nt sitting on the 2nd largest oil field in the world, "we" would'nt be there.

Answer 2

My guess is that Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. had heated discussions about how Iraq should have been handled at the time of dessert storm and now that Bush Jr. is president he can "show his father how it's done". I personally think that is why he ran for president in the first place. I believe that he was itching for an excuse to get in there and that he did know about 9/11 and thought "perfect - from there it is an easy course right into Iraq".

And I can tell you that the super powers of this world have been keeping the middle east in a constant state of violence against one another (by providing the arms and the guerilla training that we are currently fighting), so that they could have the lion's share of the resources there. They don't care that they are creating poverty - in fact they are doing it on purpose, because the poor don't use "their" oil to drive or heat their houses.

Peace!

Answer 3

I think it is because Saddam Hussein tried to assasinate his father. He linked Iraq with the "Axis of Evil" powers in a speech. He also put countries in a postion by saying "Eiither you are for us, or against us." That left no middle ground, and no ability to compromise his stand. After that, he had to act on what he said.

Since the United States economy was traditionally based on war and preparation for war, he did not know any other way to change the economy but to regress to what we had back in the 1960s. He wanted to please the rich people who funded him to be different than Clinton.

Bush, his cabinet and his party, are interested in power and money for the Conservatives that funded him. The UN while in the USA is not controlled completely by the USA. Many countries disagree with President Bush's actions.

Many countries wished to help after the US had World Trade Center bombing, Penagon Bombing, the plane that was heading for the White House crash, and Hurriciane Katrina. Bush would not accept Cuba's help because of the political implications - forming an alleigance with a country that once tried to Bomb us. (in the early 1960s.)

In the UN, many who work there are interested in staying in the USA as long as possible. They are not interested in what is the least expensive for their country, what will help most in the long run. They are interested in keeping their jobs, lifestyle as they are accustommed to. The UN may have a stated aim to stop wars, but it does not alway do that. Sometimes, it is what is the best for the dipolmats. (This is in general, I realize there are people who really do take the jobs at the UN serously.)

However, in terms of stopping terrorism this has worked to a certain extent. Bush's policies stopped the USA from being hit by a major terrorist attack since the terrorist thought we were weak. However, the cost is great. I wish he had found a way to stop the attacks without the violence and lost of lives. Also, he violated the Bill of Rights, Ammendments, and other laws, like previous Presidents did during time of War, to do it.

I agree with you that it is causing more people to die, but not in the United States. People abroad are dying.

There is more poverty but the U. S. Government has never been concerned with getting rid of poverty no matter what it has said. The people in power believe in the outdated theory "That man can pull himself up by his own bootstrap." This theory missed that fact one man may be able to rise above poverty but not the whole neighborhood. (This never included women, minorities, or the disabled.)

There needs to be jobs in the entire world for people to be out of poverty. The whole world must be able to accept that not everyone who can not work, does not want to. There are not enough jobs for the disabled because most empolyers expect everyone to be able to perform on a very high level. Many people can not.

Whether it is lack of education, lack equal food distribution, lack of political power, or lack of funds, not everyone has the same chance to rise above poverty. Add a war to this, then you find that the chances lessen, even when work work is available to some.

At 14 year old, it is hard to understand the world, and all its contractions. As you study more history, you will see more and more differences between what people said publicly and what went on behind the scenes.

Ask your teacher about Churchhill and Roosevelt when World War II started. (before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.)
To this generation of Americans, the World Trade Center bombing was our "Pearl Harbor". It made it hard to stay "non-violent" when the country was attacked. (I refuse to take responsibilities for President Bushes actions.)

Eventually, it may become clearer to you what is going on.
I hope this War does not touch you personally - but we never know what is going to happen. (That is very scary for all of us.)

Answer 4

The war was to REMOVE a dictator and to destabilize a muslim dictatorship. It is designed to show other Islamo-fascist dictators, that they cannot do as they please and THREATEN western economies, culture, and civilization.

This was necessary after 9-11.....too many Islamic leaders were emboldened to embark on a crusade to destroy the west. The war that removed Hussein from power told them to cool it.

There is no war with Iraq.....the Iraqi people are in control, work very close with Americans, who are there simply to destroy the terrorists that cause all the suicide bombings and killings (even killing other muslims).

Answer 5

So zionist israel and the neo cons running america can control the world.Oil and power is once again the goal and why young amercans have to die.

Answer 6

becuase he is a bad president the only reason why he got elected is becuase of the war and besides this war will kill the hole country of iraq so he got mad i guess.

Answer 7

we are over there because of 9/11/01, to help build a better life for innocent iraqis, more oil, to capture saddam, to get osama bin laden, to get al quaeda.

Answer 8

Neither do I, and I am an American. He lied to us too.