Questions about War in Iraq (War on Terror). Please read on. . .?

Question

I just trying to figure out this whole war and am a little confused about some things.

How did the trouble start?
What are the issues involved?
How did American get involved? Was it through presidential action?
What are America's national interest in the conflict? (e.g. oil, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism)
Does Congress or the UN approve?
Do American allies approve?

Answer 1

This "who's not with us is not our friend"-policy is very similar to hitlers foreign policy.

fact is: this war was a crime against every international standard, was lately proved to be a war without any reason. bush lied about WMDs and bin laden, thats also proved.

we now have a muslim world and some islamists. don't mix them up, your christian fundamentalists are just as good/bad as the normal muslim (they all have ONE god and just different prophets and they accept each other). the islamists abuse the islam to terrorize the western world.

the problem is: the muslim world does not denounce this islamists and their policy as clearly as it it necessary. so people start to think about the muslim as an enemy. but this is not right. if you've ever been in a muslim family, you know they are polite, respectful, full of shame because of the terrorists and eager to search the dialogue with the other cultures!

now, finally, about your questions:

america started the war.
bush needed some success and therefore searched for an easy target. he covered it up with speeches about the "axis of evil". fact is: they never found what he was looking for, because it didn't exist! thats proven, just search the web. even some political organisations (senate) accepted that.
the un certainly does not approve, neither does the EU with all the countries who have learned (from a lot of wars) why diplomacy is important.
only polish and other eastern politicians approve, because they need american money to build up their country. similar to germany after 1945...

btw: i am from germany ;)

Answer 2

The trouble started in about 700 when mohamed started trying to conquer the world.

The issues are: Do we all have to be muslims or not?

We got involved because the muslims kept attacking us, such as on 9/11.

Our interest is not getting all killed. We'd like to have Iraq as an ally so we can have troops and bases there. Plus, the muslims can't let us succeed there, so they're too busy fighting us in Iraq to do more terrorists attacks on us. That's why we haven't been attacked since 9/11/2001.

The congress and the un approved.

All our allies approved. Countries that did not approve are not our allies, even though they may take our money.

Answer 3

This is a very complex question that requires a bit of research.
The major reason for the invasion of Iraq was to seize the weapons of mass destruction and remove Saddam from power. It is also presented that Saddam was supporting terrorists actions against the US.
Congress did pass a resolution approving the military action.
Please refer to the links below for additional information.

Answer 4

In reply on your leader query, the struggle on terror is NOT over, and may not be over for fairly a at the same time. The predicament is the usage of terror as a device of struggle and the persons who believe that is k. Until that's beneath manage (complete eradication could be first-class however isn't most probably), the "struggle on terror" is probably not over. The Bush management has attempted to advertise the concept that the struggle and profession in Iraq is attached to the struggle on terror. They say that Iraq used to be a breeding flooring for individuals who use terror as a device of struggle, so our troops are style of like exterminators looking to kill the leftover colonies wherein those vermin conceal, breed, and reproduce. Since terrorists and terrorist corporations originate in lots of exclusive locations, it is difficult to argue that the struggle and profession in Iraq will ever have the final result of finishing the struggle on terror.

Answer 5

it actually started during the cold war when american powers gave people in that part of the world weapons and training on using terror attacks to fight the soviets in Afghanistan.(usa didn't think they could win?) they were promised once again by americans to have support and a seat at the table. but the powers that be, just walked away and forgot about them.
see your country one way or another started this mess, that is why you are trying to clean it up now.

Answer 6

Well, I see we've gotten then "all muslims want to convert us" answers out of the way. I've been here in Iraq for 11 months.....no one has tried to convert me yet. Could be because I carry a big gun. But, here's some answers for you that involve facts instead of opinion.

1. The US Government assited Saddam Hussein in his rise to power in a CIA engineered coup.
2. The US paid little attention when Saddam began slaughtering thousands of his own people whos names were provided to him by the CIA. He was still considered a lap dog.
3. Saddam was a US allie because he was trying to overthrow the communist regime in Iran.
4. Saddam removed Iraq from the US backed anti-soviet alliance called the Baghdad Pact in 1958.
5. 1961 he dared nationalise part of the concession of the British-controlled Iraq Petroleum company and resurrected a long-standing Iraqi claim to Kuwait
6. Later, in the 1980s, the United States and Britain helped arm Saddam in his confrontation with Iran only to turn against him over the 1990 Kuwait crisis.
7. When in 1991 the Iraqi people rose against Saddam, the United States was fearful that change would put its majority Shi'ites and thus Iran in power, and US forces stood by as the Republican Guard crushed the rebellion.
8.Saddam Hussein has a kill tally approaching two million, including between 150,000 and 340,000 Iraqis and
between 450,000 and 730,000 Iranians killed during the Iran-Iraq War. An estimated 1,000 Kuwaiti nationals killed
following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. No conclusive figures for the number of Iraqis killed during the Gulf War,
with estimates varying from as few as 1,500 to as many as 200,000. Over 100,000 Kurds killed or "disappeared".
9.In the MAJAR Prison, formerly located on the grounds of the Police Training College in Central Baghdad, the
normal occupancy was 600-700 people. Thirty of the detention cells were underground and 31 used to be dog
kennels. These prisoners were beaten twice daily and the women raped regularly. The “Sijn Al-Tarbut” (the
casket prison) was located on the third underground level of the new Directorate of General Security (DGS)
building in Baghdad. The prisoners here were kept in rows of rectangular steel boxes, as found in mortuaries,
until they either confessed to their crimes or died.


The sad fact of this matter is that this "war" in Iraq could have been avoided. Saddam could have been removed from power over a decade ago. Our government put a dictator in place and we are paying the price of our governments choices with our blood. When Saddam began slaughtering Kurds decades ago, we should have stepped in. But we waited to long and things escalated to the level we are at now. This war is not about religion, it is not about WMD's, and it is sure as hell not about human rights. Its about correcting mistakes and cleaning up other peoples messes.

Answer 7

read the nrwspaper for a change