Are there still people that actually believe that the war in Iraq has anything to do with the war on terror?

Question

If so, how do you believe that with all the information available to the contrary?

Answer 1

Of course there are people who believe what they're told by the government so they won't have to think for themselves. We went from bin Laden to Hussein to Terrorists and now on to Iran. We are a nation of sheep.

Answer 2

Absolutely. Biological weapons along with nerve gas, and rockets used to propel them against the kurds and Shitetes after 1991 killing an estimated 1.5 million is and was always considered WMD's. The fact that Zarquawi was given northern Iraq to train terrorist, affiliated with Al Qadea by Saddam in 1995 was in my opinion another good reason. The biggest reason to topple Saddam was 17 resolutions he was given. We should have gone in after he broke the 1st one! But we know Clinton gave him a carte Blache pass on all of them! 1991 the war ended because of a signed agreement by the U.N. which included Iraq and the U.S., in that agreement it was in our power to go in at any time and finish the job! We didn't need an approval from the U.N. or the house and Senate. Thats why Saddam waited for a coward with no guts to move into Pennsylvania Ave!

Answer 3

Of course Iraq has to do with the war on terror.
Look at a map! Where is Iraq? Right on one side of Iran. What's on the other side of Iran?
Afghanistan. Wake Up!

Why don't you read something factual like "Future Jihad" by Walid Phares. Learn about the history of the Middle East, especially Lebanon, to understand better what is happening in Iraq.

There is propaganda to the contrary, not facts.
There are so many weapons in Iraq after Saddam, don't you remember all the schools full of munitions? That's weapons of mass destruction enough for me. I also remember the Dutch troops who found the munitions with chemicals suits and atropine to use if nerve gas was used.

Saddam's entire air force was buried in the desert, but ready to fire right up. There's a lot of area to bury anything in the desert.

Answer 4

A vast majority of the people KNOW that it has everything to do with the war on terror.

How can you present evidence that the war in Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terror when we are fighting terrorists there every day, and Iranian soldiers to boot? The terrorists obviously aren't happy that we're there. If Iraq isn't part of the war on terror, then why are the terrorists trying so hard to get us out?

Quit spouting mindless liberal talking points. Get the facts.

Answer 5

The war in Iraq began because Saddam was actively trying to gain weopons of mass destruction. The news media has focused exclusively on nuclear weapons, but Saddam had an arsenal of chemical weapons like mustard gas, which he used on the Kurds and for which he was executed. He also had stockpiles of weaponized anthrax and was working on a delivery system, but was stopped before he could achieve his plan.

Saddam was funding terrorist organizations around the world including Afghanistan, North Korea and Palestine. He attempted to develop a working relationship with Al-Qaeda and Osama but was never able to work out the details.

There have been several documents recovered from the Iraqi secret police under Saddam's regime that document what he was attempting to do. Saddam's mistake was that he convinced MI6 and much of the US intelligence community that he had progressed much further than he actually had. This led to the initial invasion.

Currently, Al-Qaeda is using Iraq as a training ground for its fighters and has made several open recruiting calls to attract new fighters interested in joining the jihad against America.

Al-Jazeera has carried several calls from Aiman al Zawahiri, the current AQ number 2. He repeatedly releases video calling for the destruction of America and the West.

Would you rather have American forces in Baghdad, or suicide bombers in New York, San Francisco and Chicago?

Answer 6

Pull the troops. You'll see how fast the terrorists return to America. Not trying to argue with someone who refuses to believe the "contrary," but there's absolutely no reason why we would be fighting a war just for fun.

Answer 7

It never had anything to do with the war on terror. People who believed that drank the cool-aid from the president. The original and foremost reason we were told was WMD's and that Iraq was a gathering and imminent threat.

Reasons for the Iraq war have varied since we've gone in--changing with the wind.

Afghanistan was most defnitely about he war on terror since the taliban and al qaeda were in cahoots. If we were going to invade countires for harboring terrorists, then why didn't we go into say Lebanon or syria etc?

Answer 8

Considering there is an originzation in Iraq called "Al Queda in Iraq" would be a good starting place. Coincidently, we have made it ground zero in the war on terror. Al Queda loses this battle, they know it's over.

Answer 9

I do.
Ask the relatives of the 180,000 Kurds that Saddam poison gassed.
Hillary & the Democrats all believed it in 2003.
Check the records.
I think you'll find that many of the people against the war in Iraq, are also supporting the terrorists.

Answer 10

No.I did not believe it in 2003.Any connection with terrorist groups has commenced since the attack on 'Iraq'.The concentration of force should have been maintained in 'Afghanistan'.There were not going to be found 'WMD's in 'Iraq'-there were none.

Answer 11

maybe they have certain data that is too sensitive to show.

so your telling us that you believe 100% that it has nothing to do with all the evidence they did show us about terrorist training camps and a leader that protected terrorists.

since we didn't find a nuke, you think there was no threat from the thousands of terrorists living there.

so i guess since we didn't find a nuke, we should have let the genocide continue. hmmmmm...

I wish I could be 100% as sure as you... but for me...
even though the war might have been handled improperly, I can't help but think it was an unfortunate necessity.

maybe you could pose this question (in person) to all the family members who lost loved ones in 9/11.
note: I DO support our troops 1000% and wish them well and hope they return home soon.