Specifically, what was the reason given for the U.S. entering Iraq ?

Answer 1

saddam stole my goat.

Answer 2

Bush formed a coalition after the U.N. refused to back up 16+ security council resolutions calling for Iraq to allow weapons inspectors back into the country. Saddam would not agree to it. The sad thing is, the time spent arguing with the U.N. over something that a world protectorate, which it is, should have been prepared to do, Saddam had time to move any weapons he MIGHT have had. I'm not saying he did, but he could have. Of course, if he didn't have any weapons, why would he refuse to allow the U.N. to do its job?

Anyway, to answer your question; that is the reason we went to war. Saddam was an evil person who was suspected, by the MAJORITY of the WORLD, of having WMDs. He did not allow the U.N. inspectors to their job, which would have put the whole matter to rest. When the U.N. balked on the last resolution, Bush didn't.

EDIT: Hey Cinner, it appears we are the only people here with memories that go beyond last week.

EDIT: Solid, I never thought Saddam had anything to do with 9/11. Saddam and bin Laden were not the best of anything. If you read my answer, I did not say anything about 9/11. I just stated the facts about the U.N. Right or wrong, those are the facts.

Answer 3

To find all those weapons of mass destruction, but wait they never found a single one. Real reason as everyone with half a mind knows to be the absolute undisputable truth is was and will always be oil you will never convince me otherwise And if there is a hell old w will surely burn there for that sin.
hey home what the hell did iraq ever have to do with 9/11 we were supposed to be kicking *** over that **** and he somehow also decided that saddam was a ******* terrorist without any proof whatsoever.

Answer 4

There were a number of reasons given. As soon as one was proven false another popped up. The orignal reason was that Saddam had WMD's. When that was proved to be a lie, wannabe King George came up with some more lies. In the meantime, over 3000 of our finest young people have been slaughtered there and countless thousands of others maimed and disfigured.

Answer 5

Bush said that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction and that Iraq was involved in the 9/11 attack on the United States. We have since found out that neither of those things are true and that they administration had intelligence that showed that these things were not true but choose to ignore it so that the NEO-cons could finally pursue their life long dream of invading Iraq. They tried to get Bush the 1st and Clinton to do it but they would not and now we see why. But Bushie was easily manipulated by the NEO-cons in his administration. Because of this we now have about 3000 dead American soldiers, tens of thousand permanently injured and hundred of thousand dead Iraqi civilians.

Answer 6

Because Bush needed a war;




"Beware the leader who beats the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils and hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar."

- Julius Caesar

Answer 7

Depends on what month the question is asked....the reason that actually mobilized troops who went over to Iraq was Hussein's supposed access to WMDs. In fact, the acronym "WMD" was made popular at the time in the media, and that buzzword helped to drive the whole move to go to war.

Answer 8

the original reason was WMD. Then when that was disproven (not when Hans Blix said he saw no evidence of them, 5 months later when we'd pissed away countless thousands of rounds of ordnance and billions of dollars) we offered up that the world was better off without Saddam in power (?huh? seems like you could say that about a lot of people). Lately...well...

so originally there were people who the president said "didn't know what they were talking about" who did, in fact, say it was about the oil. Now Mr Bush is saying, yes, indeed, we can't let oil be in the hands of potential terrorists.

In the end, every reason possible has been given...stay tuned, though, there's plenty of time for more excuses.

Answer 9

At the end of the first war with Iraq, they signed an agreement with the UN NOT to pursue WMD and agreed to UN inspections as a condition for a cease fire. Then Saddam started playing games. He let the insp. in and then made them leave, tried to change the rules of inspections etc. The UN passed resolution after resolution, imposing sanctions etc. But Saddam continued his games. The US intelligence and that of other countries said he was still pursuing WMD....so after 17 resolutions, we got tired of the games.....Saddam broke the cease fire agreement.....

Answer 10

The reason changed several times.

1. WMDs. (There weren't any)
2. Retaliation for terrorism. (The terrorists weren't in Iraq)
3. Freeing the poor Iraqis (It was bad under Saddam, worse now)
4. Make up your own reason.

Answer 11

Iraq was in possession of Weapons of massive destruction.It was also said that Iraq was shopping around for uranium ore from NIGER.It was also implied that Saddam was in contact with Al Qaeda and might transfer these weapons to him.