For those of you that don't think we should have gotten involved with Iraq?

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Lets have a little history lesson

Aug. 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait and the US led a UN military intervention to reverse the invasion

April 3, 1991, UN Security Resolution 687 was passed requiring Iraq to disclose and permit the dismantlement of its weapons of mass destruction programs and submit to long term monitoring of dismantlement

April 7, 1991, and Aug 27, 1992, US, Britain, and France began enforcing no-fly zones in northern and southern Iraq to keep thousands of Iraqi Kurds and Shiites from being killed by their own military

1991-1998, Iraq denied U.N. weapons inspectors open access to suspected sites, continued to build its capability of using weapons of mass destruction, began a genocide of the Kurdish minority, and attempted to assassin George Bush Sr. and further denied UN the right to do its work

Oct 31, 1998, Clinton Changed US policy objective in iraq from containment to regime change

Sept. 11, 2001, the US was attacked by terrorists killing 3000 innocent civilians. Evidence shows that Iraqi intelligence personnel met with one of the leaders of this attack. This gave the U.S. an independent interest in reducing the threat of terrorism

The US was spending $1,000,000,000 a year before the War in Iraq began enforcing these no fly zones. These were dangerous missions. Iraq had been developing a weapons of mass destruction program since the late ‘80s and no one had stopped it. Iraq didn’t allow the UN to see any of their weapons of mass destruction. Anyone with common sense would believe that Iraq’s nuclear program would be nearly functional by now. Any decent person would realize that is would be detrimental for a dictator that is trying to eliminate all the Kurdish and Shiites in his country to have nuclear weapons. If we were going to save the 25,000,000 Iraqis from this life of terror, we had no choice but to invade Iraq. We have made a ton of progress since we have been there.
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That is much better than flying dangerous missions to enforce no-fly zones while making absolutely no progress.

Answer 1

Of course you're right. President Bush did what was necessary based upon the intelligence he received. In fact, it's a pity Pres. GHW Bush did not chase the Iraqis back to Baghdad after Operation Desert Storm, but he honored the U.N. Resolution. My problem is not going in, but when to leave. We deposed Saddam and destroyed his weapons. We cannot stop a dispute that has its roots in religious differences. Therefore, it is time for an exit strategy. I do fear there will be chaos when we leave--whether it's tomorrow or in years. The Sunnis and Shiites are fighting over who is the heir to Mohammad. The Kurds have always been repressed, though. Helping the Kurds obtain autonomy may be our greatest success. We need friends like the Kurds because of their location and oil.

Answer 2

First of all, why are we working so hard to save the people of Iraq when our own people need saving so badly? Oh, it is our duty to save the Iraqis, you triumphantly proclaim!!! I wasn't aware that our own society was so perfect that we can afford to extend our utopian hand towards others. Never before has a world power cared so little about its own people and so much about other countries!

Well, you respond, "Evidence shows that Iraqi intelligence personnel met with one of the leaders of this attack." Yeah, and evidence also shows Rumsfeld met with Saddam (Source 1) and that the U.S. ARMED OSAMA BIN LADEN TO FIGHT COMMUNISM (Source 2). So people meeting with people doesn't always tell the whole story. Nor does it have to be related to your argument, since we don't know it does. And if you want to go get those who carried out 9/11, I suggest attacking the country that attacked us! Since you like "history lessons" so much, perhaps you could answer this exam question?

79% of the September 11th hijackers were from what country?
(a) Iraq, those horrible bad guys
(b) Afghanistan, that's why we attacked them immediately
(c) Iran, they better watch their back!
(d) Saudi Arabia, our... friends? Who own 7% of the U.S. economy?

The answer is D. None were from Iraq. (or Afghanistan, or Iran, or North Korea.) None. Zero. Nada.

It was just a matter of time before Iraq nuked us, right?!?!? Umm.. no. Hussein had never shown any intent to harm Americans at anytime other than when we were invading his country. There is no evidence of Iraq planning on initiating conflict with the United States. None. "Iraq had been developing a weapons of mass destruction program since the late ‘80s"??? Yeah, and I ducttaped some paper clips together because I've been developing my time machine. If they had 13 years to develop WMDs, where are they? In the alternate reality you live in? You know who has really been developing WMDs for a while now? THE UNITED STATES. That doesn't mean we have to attack ourselves, does it? How many WMDs has the United States developed, and why are we the only nation that gets to develop them?? That doesn't really matter, since Iraq didn't have any anyway.

Dubya was inaugurated with a plan to attack Iraq. Hussein authorized the attempted assassination of former President George H.W. Bush during his visit to Kuwait in April 1993. (Source 3). Under new President Clinton, the U.S. bombed the Intelligence Service Headquarters (still source 3!) in response (that was nice of him to do for a political rival!) but that wasn't good enough for Dubya, who felt the need to obliterate Iraq. This war, with our 3,000+ soldiers lost (and Iraqi civilian deaths most likely in the six digits -- but they don't count, only our soldiers do, right?) is payback for Iraq trying to kill Dubya's daddy. Oh, and they're not Christian and they should be. How relevant. How meaningful. I'm proud to be an American.

Answer 3

What renders all that you said worthless is the fact that Bush claimed the war on Iraq was part of his fictitious "war on terror" which his term will end without there being an iota of progress that means anything to Americans. Sure, we unseated a tin-horn dictator from a backwater oil burg but that did nothing against terrorism. There are MORE terrorists in Iraq now, than I had been aware of in the WORLD before we got rid of him. Nice going, chimp.

Answer 4

Yepp!!!!! Gotta love how the pathetic liberal media pushed all the facts aside for there own agenda I remember seeing all the trucks leaving Iraq to Syria and Iran!! Out of control now Iran has the ability to make nukes??????????????

Answer 5

Did someone actualy quote Joe Wilson ???

You mean the same Joe Wilson who said the Vice president sent him to Niger, when it has been shown that the VP knew nothing about his trip.

The same Joe Wilson who said in the NY Times that Iraq did not try to buy uranium from Niger, but who reported to the CIA after his trip, that Iraq had tried twice to buy uranium from NIger.

The same Joe Wilson who said he told the CIA that the fake Niger uranium yellow cake document was fake before he went to Niger, when Joe Wilson has never seen the document in question, before or after he went to Niger.

And the same Joe Wilson who went to Niger 6 months BEFORE the US Government came into possesson of the fake yellowcake document.

Or the same Joe Wilson who said his wife had nothing to do with him going to Niger, even though the senate intelligence committee has the copy of the e-mail his wife sent to her boss, asking that her husband be sent to Niger.

You really need to read the Senate select Committee Reports on Pre War Intelligence.

Answer 6

the fact that another country doesn't recognize a western-based outfit as having the right to interfere in their business is not a reason to invade them. we know the states has a massive number of these weapons, why shouldn't they have to undergo the same treatment? it's time for americans to stop thinking they have the right to run the world, they are too ignorant and violent to be trusted.

Answer 7

Who is responsible for the deaths of more Americans?
Bin Laden or Bush?

Lets compare BODY COUNTS:

Osama bin Laden:
First WTC attack: 6 killed
Khobar Towers: 19 killed
U.S. African embassy attacks: 12 Americans
9/11 attacks: 2,973 Killed
USS Cole: 17 Americans killed
Battle of Mogasdishu (Black Hawk Down): 18 Americans Killed.
TOTAL: 3045 Americans dead

George W. Bush:
Iraq War Casualties: 3070 Americans dead, and rising!!

Answer 8

Why thank you for sharing the history with all of us that really care.
This country gave Iraq plenty of time to MOVE WMD out of Iraq, do you think perhaps to Syria? and maybe Iran is doing all this because MUCH was moved to IRAN ??

Hmm..what a concept..actually people seen trucks moving stuff out of Iraq, it just wasnt spread all over the news long enough for all to know this !!

But, I think its wrong to fight a proxy war in Iraq, with Iran.

Answer 9

Big Oil & Defense Contractors are making $$$$$ that's what it's about...and building the "Republican base."

Time to bring our men & women home, they've put up with enough!

Republican History Lesson: their lies and greed.

Answer 10

We got them out of Kuwait in '91.

The UN was against us invading.

They didn't have WMD.

We are becoming Saddam in trying to contain the warring factions.

Its over. Saddam is gone. They have a constitution. They have elected a government. They don't need to be trained how to shoot each other. Lets get out.