In October of 2002 Bush addressed the Nation what did he say that saddam was (was not) doing. Have people really forgotten o are people making excuses?
2006-12-25 21:14:57 · 16 answers · asked by adam b 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
he was not complying with teh UN nspectors, and alledgedly hiding wmds, do you rember that no Iraqi was involved in 911, and that it was the feaver of 911 that is why Bush got his way? Meanwhile Osamma and his Saudi henchmen got away because our efforts were consentrated against Iraq not those who attacked us
2006-12-25 21:37:53 · answer #1 · answered by paulisfree2004 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
From a UK perspective: Apparently to find Saddam's Weapons of Mass Destruction. We were sure he had some because we sold them to him in the 1980s. How convenient! Only problem is Saddam got rid of his WMD shortly after Gulf War 1. Leaving Blair, Bush etc looking stoopid when they couldn't find anything this time.
2006-12-25 21:36:30 · answer #2 · answered by jezza 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You can take whatever justification you like to argue for or against the war, but no matter what the ultimate goal was to remove Hussein. Want to believe it was for oil, WMDs, terrorism, revenge, or 911 it doesn't matter the goal doesn't change.
Okay since I got thumbs down consider this relevant passage from that speech.
"And these resolutions are clear. In addition to declaring and destroying all of its weapons of mass destruction, Iraq must end its support for terrorism. It must cease the persecution of its civilian population. It must stop all illicit trade outside the Oil For Food program. It must release or account for all Gulf War personnel, including an American pilot, whose fate is still unknown.
By taking these steps, and by only taking these steps, the Iraqi regime has an opportunity to avoid conflict. Taking these steps would also change the nature of the Iraqi regime itself. America hopes the regime will make that choice. Unfortunately, at least so far, we have little reason to expect it. And that's why two administrations -- mine and President Clinton's -- have stated that regime change in Iraq is the only certain means of removing a great danger to our nation."
The last sentence references regime change. For all those having difficulty with this that means removing Saddam from power.
2006-12-25 21:27:12 · answer #3 · answered by Bryan 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Bush in declaring the war on Iraq mentioned that Saddam does not want the UN to inspect its weapons of mass destruction and it was the reason for the war.
2006-12-25 21:23:11 · answer #4 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
forgive me if i'm kinda slow, but all my information comes from the so called mainstream media. what i get from that is that a group of saudi nationals with ties to al queda and usama bin laden (another saudi living in afghanistan under the auspices of the taliban) hijacked some planes on 9-11-01 and crashed into the world trade center.
i know it doesn't make sense, but have you ever listened to that guy in the whitehouse? he makes no sense either.
2006-12-25 22:15:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush claimed he was going to the Middle East not only to find Saddam but currently he claims that they have nuclear weapons and are supposedly planning to invade America.
Yet, the real reason lies before us -- Oil. Thats all Bush wants is the Middle East oil.
2006-12-25 21:26:30 · answer #6 · answered by Malus 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
he tried to justify the war using a number of things for example - rape room , torture , gassing of the kurds , saddam trying to kill his father and weapons of mass destruction
the rape rooms - non existent
torture - still going on , more rampant then when saddam was in power
gassing of the kurds - the facts in saddams trial proved saddam had nothing to do with this
saddam never tried to kill bush - the limo george bush was riding in was under protection even when bush was not in it , and the bomb they found did not even work
weapons of mass destruction - depending on the defintion and on who you ask about what is weapons of mass destruction , we didnt find any none not even the left over gasses used to gas the kurds
the real reason from my own investigation is to take over the middle east and expand the new world order
2006-12-25 21:27:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
It is a combination of people making excuses, forgetting, having "faith," not caring, misinformed, and being mislead through poor leadership.
I'm surprised we don't have a strong movement against not being able to take pictures of a soldier's coffin. Oh, that's right, people would then realize we really are in a war through death. Can't have that, can we?
2006-12-25 21:23:58 · answer #8 · answered by dvraptor 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It's like in 1984, where people just believe whatever their gullible little ears here their leaders say.... We went into Iraq because of the tie to 9/11 and to blame someone for that, even though Iraq had nothing to do with that. We went into Iraq to steal their oil. We went into Iraq to weaken another Arab country. We went into Iraq to destroy Weapons of Mass Destruction which never existed. We killed innocents and are still killing innocents.
2006-12-25 21:23:18 · answer #9 · answered by noname 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Weapons of mass destruction, USS Cole, 911, Nuclear?
To protect OUR USA FREEDOM
SO YOU CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT AND WORK AND MOVE ABOUT IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE WITHOUT WORRING THAT ANOTHER ATTACK HERE ON US MIGHT HAPPEN.
IF IT WASN'T FOR OUR MILITARY FIGHTING FOR OUR SAFETY, WHERE WOULD WE BE????
2006-12-26 00:33:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋