Since the administrations reasoning for this war changed from WMD's to establishing democracy, I'd love to hear your input considering that it might be the truth. Also, do you believe Usama Bin Laden is alive or dead?
2006-12-22 10:08:16 · 17 answers · asked by xxbenchxxmarksxx 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
To establish trade routes through the country. That's what England & Germany fought over in Iraq during WWI.
Also to destroy it in order to supply contracts to rebuild it.
Bin Laden could be dead or alive. It doesn't matter, because he's practically dead.
2006-12-22 10:10:53 · answer #1 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think many of us THOUGHT there were WMD's. I was one of them. I won't say we were lied to, but we were certainly misled. George Bush is not going to give a speech and say "look Guys, I truly thought there were WMD's. The intelligence was wrong and I was wrong". So the reason changes (seemingly) every day. Until someone gives me some cold hard FACTS my BELIEF will continue to remain that we want the oil. Democracy is not a bad thing to give a country. I know a couple of places (Saudi Arabia, China, North Korea) that could use it. No one cares.
I think Osama Bin Laden is alive and in Pakistan. But really, it doesn't matter what I think. This man murdered 3000 people and Bush DOES NOT CARE to find him or even find out what happened to him. A funny way of conducting a "war on terror" if you ask me.
2006-12-22 18:17:22 · answer #2 · answered by clueless_nerd 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bleh, Iraq had WMD's in the form of chemical and some biological weapons. They also dated back to the Iran-Iraq War. So, yeah, they were pretty much just toxic paper weights by the time we found them.
No, they were not moved anywhere. That kind of logistics take time and would've been noticed under all the surveilance the country was under before the illegal war (and it was illegal) occurred. Most were moved into bunkers and sealed shut with explosives before the war even was a thought on Bush's mind.
2006-12-22 19:44:34 · answer #3 · answered by Hotwad 980 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
United States greediness ! A Nation lead by thieves and murderers ! Shame on United Sates.
There are more people hating the United States today in the world than before 11/9.
Ben laden is dead !
2006-12-22 19:41:56 · answer #4 · answered by butyrique 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know why we went into Iraq. I know this because I heard the President say it.
We had an agreement with Iraq after the Gulf War that Saddam was to allow unfettered UN Weapon Inspectors access. He refused. The UN passed 19 resolutions, without any action. We took action because we could not afford to let him get a nuke.
The rest of the arguments are useless because this is completely legit.
Saddam gassed the Kurds. Those are called WMD's
Al Qaeda was in just about every Arab country. Is it reasonable to think they were not in Iraq?
2006-12-22 19:08:17 · answer #5 · answered by Chainsaw 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK go to www.ogrish.com and see yes they did have wmds before we invaded. they moved them out of country before we got there. we are simply there to keep the terrorist from being here. I've been to Iraq 2 tours there they house terrorist. Saddam being the biggest and a w m d himself if we pulled out of there next month you would wonder why terrorist where attacking our country again. stop watching cnn and listening to democrats. I'm not for ether party but at least we are protected for now. by god ole bush. even if we did get a new president and we had a attack on us soil they would blame it on bush for the next 20 years. its simple we are protecting our country and remember everyone there wants to be there. no one made them volunteer. and there will never be no draft. and yes bin laden is alive and being protected by the muslims that act like our friends...nuff said
2006-12-22 18:19:31 · answer #6 · answered by wofford1257 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1- to secure the oil
2- to establish a full time permanant base in the middle east
this war on terror is much larger and far reaching than we know and what they are telling us.
Saddam was an excuse, an open door to gain that base and freedom of operation that we need in that region vs. Syria/Iran/and Pakistan
2006-12-22 18:19:09 · answer #7 · answered by Harry Merkin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in response to tom:
Saddam huissein did not murder millions of people, he murdered tens of thousands of people, the highest estimates being around 300,000. that is awful still, yes, but why not invade the congo where actual millions of people have been killed. (3 million in the last 5 years)
It is extremely insulting that you compared saddam husseins rule to the holocaust.
Also, any WMDs Iraq had we (the U.S) gave to them earlier. Look it up in your history text book.
2006-12-22 18:47:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was an attemept to bring Jesus christ back sooner to this world by forcefully fulfilling some of the prophecies of bible (as per their understanding)
2006-12-24 01:26:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush lied. End of story.
2006-12-22 22:12:36 · answer #10 · answered by nobodyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋