Where are the weapons of mass destruction?

Question

Bush went into iraq and afganistan to find the weapons of mass destruction after the UN inspectors said these countryies have NONE.
so what was the point of going to war, apart from killing saddam and bin-ladin.

what do you say.

Answer 1

Isreal is apparently where you will find a load of weapons of mass destruction. The US needed an excuse to take revenge on somebody after 9/11. They weren't clever enough to find Osama, but they had Saddam's address and so that was it. No weapons of mass destruction, no supporter of terrorism. Just a bad man who ran a country with oil. Plenty of bad people about, Robert Mugabi for one (who? the Americans chorus!) but he is not on their radar. Interesting to note the comment here that two planes were flown into buildings "For no reason" They had a reason, not one I agree with, but there are plenty of people out there who don't like the way they are bullied by the US. It will get worse.

Answer 2

The real truth is during the Reagen administration when Bush Sr. was vice president , Cheney and Rumsfeld were also in the cabinet then. Bush Sr and Rumsfeld are responsible for Saddam obtaining the chemical weapons to begin with when we sided with Iraq during it's war with Iran. The nuclear weapons never existed and they knew this. Bush Jr attacked Iraq to silence Saddam so the bush family name wouldn't be be ruined if the information became public knowledge . This is the reason we attacked Iraq and it also served a dual purpose which drew attention from the hunt for Osama Bin-ladin . The Bush family is much to close to the Bin-ladin family to seriously consider killing him and also , we created and trained him also much as we had propped up Saddam during the war with Iran . At the site below is a listing of declassified documents which adds credence to the statements I have made , if you have the time and interest it's well worth reading. It's from the national security archives and not some propaganda site.

Answer 3

This is just my theory:

But I think the whole wmd thing was more about convincing legislation to allow for the invasion and not the purpose of the war. Nor was it Saddam and his murderous ways (I mean there are plenty of murderous dictators all over the world).

So why Iraq: My theory is that is was mostly for establishing a western allied, democratic government in a part of the world that is extremely anti-western culture, and extremely violent and volatile. I mean close countries like Iran are much more dangerous at this point.

Anyway, that doesn't sound very cool, or nice, but I can understand why that might have actually been the key motivation.

Answer 4

Originally, we went to Afghanistan and that was to get a good controlling hold on the mid east as well as reopening the trade route that the previous factions had shut down (We were the ones who put them in power, foolishly - Thank you Rumsfeld, once more).

Iraq was convenient. It was right there and it gave us a perfect excuse to put Saddam Hussein out of power because he never really cooperated with us (we hate that). Saddam said he had weapons of mass destruction. Why? It was a bluff to keep his neighbors afraid of him. Odds are, Bush (or anyone else) wouldn’t have gotten another chance (convenient opportunity) to go over there like that that one. He did it on the flames of passion and anger coming out of the hearts of Americans morning for 9/11.

Answer 5

"Where are the weapons of mass destruction?"

Someone answering questioned why this was posted in the R & S section. To me, it's obvious.

The weapons of mass destruction are in the hearts and minds of those suffering from righteous indignation to the degree that war is the only answer. This ailment is usually associated with those of strict, fundamentalist belief. Their core level, visceral belief that their way is the only way, is more than sufficient motivation to rain mass death and destruction upon anyone or anything that gets in their way. This should, if you have not already figured it out, remind you of all the stories associated with the vengeful god of the bible. The fundamentalists are simply performing what they have been taught within those pages. Sad.

Answer 6

Read Ezekiel 38 and 39, which tells us about an end-time invasion of Israel lead by Russia and Iran, and other Muslim nations such as Libya, Turkey, Egypt, etc. The prophesies tell us God will kill all of the invaders and destroy southern Russia as retribution.

What nation is glaringly absent from this list? IRAQ.

I think it's highly likely that God used GWB to accomplish this task so Iraq wouldn't participate in this invasion. Only God knows why Iraq needed to be restrained. Perhaps Saddam was planning (or would have planned) something nasty against Israel that doesn't fit into God's plan.

So where are the WMDs? Intelligence reports issued about a year ago suggest the Russians evacuated them. Surprise, surprise.......

Answer 7

in lots of circumstances a weapon which will kill hundreds or perhaps hundreds. So themes like nuclear warheads and poisonous brokers like nerve gas, poison gases etc. those weapons would desire to be presented by skill of skill of plane or missiles and don't would desire to unavoidably be an instant hit to reason deaths. actual a weapon designed to reason great deaths or harm with one launch and particular reliable effects. broadly used bombs and such would reason hundreds of deaths in spite of the incontrovertible fact that the portion of effect is usually quite small the area as WMD often would cover a plenty better section. So a typical bomb would cover a number of undred ft a WMD would cover a number of miles (or perhaps an entire city).

Answer 8

WMD was just a product of fear.
fear and hate cause wars.
people should just love each other.

war in Iraq was not to kill Saddam it was to free the country from fear of dictatorship. Saddam was killed as punishment for his crimes, as the law of Iraq required. If Bush had been less subtle and killed hundreds of his opposition when he was rigging elections, he would probably be on death row too. if Hitler hadn't killed himself, he would have had the same.

Answer 9

Many say it's in our own backyard............

There is no point to the war thats why it is becoming so ugly. However; what choice does he have? He had to do something about the hundreds of lives lost on Sept 11th. but now if one is to view how many lives have been lost since the war starting one has to wonder if it is worth it. Yet; there is no doubt in my mind the terroists would continue to bomb us no matter what he decided to do. I, for one, would not want to be in his shoes. Its been a difficult century to be a leader of any country.

Answer 10

We didn't get into this war to kill Saddam, as he didn't have anything to do with 911, Bush has already admitted it, and Bin Laden is STILL ALIVE and active. Can we say fuckup?