If you realize Iraq didn't cause 9/11 How does Saddam's domestic policies effect US war on terror policy?

Question

His domestic policy NEVER threatened US security!!!

rukidding: you are using incorrect information that President Bush has publicly announced was incorrect.

WE ARE NOT THE WORLD POLICE!!!
I for one am tired of sending my military personnel off to fight and die because the politicians and some of the richest in our country don't agree with other countries domestic policies.

What about all of the other countries of the world who have Humanitarian violations and play by their own rules?
Are we going to attack them all?

What's the matter wa_tailback2:
Does intelligent debate frighten you?
A little performance anxiety?

Answer 1

It is very clear that Iraq never had anything to do with the attacks on 9/11 2001. That was Dick Cheney's idea.

Saddam Hussein did use chemical weapons on Iranian troops and before that he tested them on his own people. He targeted the Kurds because he wanted the oil under their land without having to pay the Kurds for it. Even if you are evicted from your property by they government they are supposed to pay you the market value of the land (which would include oil revenues).

The Soviet Union supported Iraq for a long time, since they were enemies of Iran and the US supported Iran (until the Shaw of Iran fled his country). The Soviet Union is known to have provided chemical weapons to Iraq. There are also known to have a biological program. So it is possible that the former Soviet Union sold some biological weaponized warheads to Iraq.

Publicly, Saddam Hussein was trying to get Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) to so he could be a power in the Middle East, to prevent Iran from attacking them, and to be taken seriously on the world stage as a power that can make a massive attack. Since Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons on his own people, just to save a little money it is easy to imagine he would be willing to use it on any other target, or sell it to a terrorist group that would use it.

Biological weapons are fairly easy to construct. Most of the work is how to make the biological weapon more infectious, and able to be distributed over a wide area from one application. This can be done in small labs. Once the germ is created then it can be easily breed. This process is expensive, but cheaper than a nuclear weapon. It can also be done in a small lab, even one that could fit inside a semi-truck's trailer. A very similar lab can be used to create chemical weapons.

Iraq had a nuclear program of some sort, from what we know now it wasn't a very extensive one. However, he wanted other nations (like his enemies in Iran) to believe that he did have a credible nuclear program. So he played games with the UN Inspectors sent in to monitor his nuclear program.

It is highly probably that Saddam Hussein had a WMD program in place, but it was a long way from creating anything useful. He had a stockpile of chemical weapons and he may even have been making them, but most of his WMD program was a big bluff.

Dick Cheney wanted to finish George Bush Seniors war, and he was looking for a way to get at Iraq. The attacks on 9/11 were a perfect excuse. He presented a plan to George W, but he didn't bite. Then Cheney found some intelligence from the Germans about Iraq's research into WMDs. The Germans also said that they could not verify the information. Later we find out that the information was obtained under torture and the man has since taken it all back.

Cheney WANTED to think it was good intelligence and he had Collin Powel present it to the UN. Personally, I thought the evidence was a little light, but rarely does a nation tell all that they know or risk reviling their sources. At first I, like most Americans, believed Cheney and agreed with the war. When it was discovered that the information was faulty, and Cheney should have known that it was faulty I (and a lot of Americans) felt betrayed. Of course most of my anger was directed at President Bush because I thought this was his idea. Now I know better he is just a puppet of Dick Cheney. I knew President wasn’t a genius and he delegated a lot of his power, but I never knew it was this bad.

President G. W. Bush is the most powerful president since Nixon, if he has not surpassed him. He is ignoring public opinion polls because he blames his poor standing on the war and American’s dislike for war. With his flagrant disregard for the 1st amendment and his habit of getting around Congress by creating new law he has drawn too much governmental power to him. It would be hard to make a case for impeachment, but Congress needs to insure that a future President doesn’t gather this much power again. The Executive Branch is the enforcement branch, Congress is the branch that is supposed to create law.

Some of this is due to the influence of Dick Cheney, the most powerful Vice President in US history and a pattern that started under Presidnet Ford when Cheney and Rumsfeld marginlized Vice President Rockafeller's role in government. They pretty much took over his office and ran the White House.

Answer 2

Of course it was a threat. Saddam was working on weapons of mass destruction, and used them. He was within hours of using them against Israel when the first Gulf war made it impractical to do so. The threat at the time that such WMD might fall into the hands of al Qaeda types was real at the time, and still is. If the US does not succeed in Iraq, we may suppose that it may become a home for an al-Qaeda - Taliban conspiracy just as Afghanistan was, and with the WMD next door in Syria, it wouldn't be long before they show up in the US. Which is why calls to bring US troops out of Iraq are so foolish.

Answer 3

Well Bush probably prevented his own assassination by getting the rope around Saddam's neck, and that is good by me. The last thing we need is another martyr, or in fact anarchy. All kidding aside Saddam is still responsible he was a party to all of the terrorism amongst the Muslims and Arabs he was a terrorist to his own people along with his sons etc., good riddance to bad rubbish. Now maybe the UN can sleep nights too because they are all facing anarchy too in their own countries. This just drew them closer. And maybe good will come of this. Since they know we mean business. Bin Laden is still out there yes but he has the aid and support of many so one by one we will have to get them and that is a long procedure. Bush may be a jerk but he is still the president now, and we have to vote him out and that is that.

Answer 4

If one is old enough to remember or has read the history of Hitler's hold on Europe, it doesn't matter about who caused 9/11. Saddam needed to be gotten out of power. I do believe however, that our continued presence in Iraq is only because the people who run Bush are getting more than their fair share of the profits for helping to rebuild Iraq and we will never get out of there because there will never be consenus between the Shiites and the Muslims.

Answer 5

They do not. The US never used Iraq as a terror threat on us. There are many reasons why we went in, and one was to punish Saddam for past actions( using bio chemical weapons against his people). But we all know the contreversy behind everything, and we know that our intervention in Iraq, has to do more with the American interest, then us being good samaritans.

Answer 6

The U.S. acted on incorrect information so the U.S. invaded to disarm Saddam. The U.S. needs to have waited a few years, as they did find the shells for chemical weapons, but apparently the ammo was still under construction. Iraq does in NO WAY relate to 9/11. It can relate to the war on terror however, as Iraq has been known to harbor terrorist groups.

Answer 7

I think they wanted a excuse to invade Iraq plus 15 out of the suppose of hijackers came from Saudi Arabia so Iraq diverted attention before the American people caught on that the hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.

Answer 8

Unfortunately there are many Bush supporters who will tell you that 9/11 and Iraq were connected..giving the fact that no weapons of mass destruction were found I guess they have no other justification but to use a lie !

Answer 9

No, of course not. Not the WMDs that he quickly shipped off to Syria when he knew we were coming, not the harboring of terrorists, including Al Qeida operatives. None of that was a threat to the US. How naive!

Answer 10

He tried to have a president assassinated, he would have sold WMD's to AL Queda, And we were under seize fire from first gulf war. He was a threat to the entire world.