If the majority of 9-11 hijackers were Saudi, and Bin Laden was in Afghanistan, then why are we in Iraq?

Question

Any conservatives out there that can answer my question?

Answer 1

We are there be cause these neocon idiots:

Elliott Abrams
Gary Bauer
William J. Bennett
Jeb Bush
Dick Cheney
Eliot A. Cohen
Midge Decter
Paula Dobriansky
Steve Forbes
Aaron Friedberg
Francis Fukuyama
Frank Gaffney
Fred C. Ikle
Donald Kagan
Zalmay Khalilzad
I. Lewis Libby
Norman Podhoretz
Dan Quayle
Peter W. Rodman
Stephen P. Rosen
Henry S. Rowen
Donald Rumsfeld
Vin Weber
George Weigel
Paul Wolfowitz

whose Statement of Principles you can read here:

http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm

convinced the self-glorifying but dim-witted Bush to do it.

They tried to get Bush’s father and then Clinton to invade Iraq and implement their plan to spread the American way of life through the use of military force, beginning in the Middle East. Those presidents were too smart to do it, but Dubya was just the kind of egotistical but brainless dope they were looking for.

These Bozos actually thought it work (notice that the Dickster [they will greet us as liberators] Cheney is a signer). And Bush, who only thinks of himself and being a greater success than his father, willingly played along because he thought it would make him famous and secure his place of glory in future history books.

It never crossed his mind that his ignorance (Bush did not know about the internal ethnic, religious, and political tensions in Iraq – and did not try to inform himself) would lead to inevitable disaster.

However, even that would not have been necessary if Bush had just read his own father’s book, ‘A World Transformed’ [1998], in which the first President Bush wrote that toppling Hussein would only result in:

1.)the US becoming stuck in a quagmire in Iraq from which we could not escape;

2.)the US losing all of its allies and friends;

3.)the US losing its political influence in the region and the world; and

4.)would jeopardize America’s long-term interests that so many Americans had been working towards for so long.

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fishball --

How, exactly, does losing in Afghanistan, losing in Iraq, and losing the war on terror, help us win the war on terror?

There were no terrorists in Iraq before Bush invaded, and now it is destined to become a terrorist State. Al-Qaeda is more power in Afghanistan that it was before 9/11 (more so than Bin-laden could have ever dreamed possible). Terrorist organizations, worldwide, are larger, more powerful, and more popular than ever, while America is strained economically, militarily, and hardly has a single friend in the whole world.

You’ll excuse the rest of us if we laugh at your seeing an upside in this mountain of Bush administration failure.

Answer 2

Terrorists - no matter where their birthplace, what their nationality - can come from any country more so from Muslim countries. It is important to understand this because the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq; and the military ops against militant groups in the Phillipines, Sudan are part and parcel of an overall global strategy by the US to combat "terrorism" largely instigated by so-called Muslim separatist groups and organisations. Most use violence to be heard.

Terrorists like Muslims or Christians can be found anywhere so the fact that 9/11 hijackers were Saudis does not mean the fight would be confined only to that country. Even the Saudis themselves kill off the terrorists in their country - be they Saudis, Yemenis or Jordanese.

Americans are in Iraq because Washington implements and enforces its foreign policies assertively - this trend has been the cornerstone for US Presidents for years and years. The US as always pursues a very dominant role in world affairs with the hope of shaping and influencing countries to be more acceptable to their standard (whatever they may be). Therein lies the friction between many countries' relationships with the US.

Answer 3

Good question. A lot of people are wondering the same, since Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11. We couldn't attack Saudi Arabia because they are our friends. We did attack Afghanistan because we needed to secure the right-of-way for an oil pipeline across that country. We are not after Bin Laden anymore.
A lot of people would like to know the real reason we are in Iraq.

Answer 4

No! Don't ever trust Arabs - Period. Saudis, Kuwaiti's, Iranians, Afghans, Iraqi's in particular, the rest in general. Least of all their Clerc's or radical misfit organisations like Hammas and the Taliban. All of what write you of - can be laid at there door. Saudi is the most evil of all - channelling millions of $ into every form of terrorist activity and crime the world over. A nation dominated / ruled by 1 family that has turned Islam into a tool to suit its own devices. Its clerical in league and indoctrinating the masses. Nothing allowed to invest Saudi that even remotely smacks of democracy, freedom, liberty, justice and the modes of every day civilised life. Criminals, perverts, assassins to boot.,

Answer 5

Supposley Saddam had WMD, never where found. But he did use some chemical agent on some of his people. Anyone that can do this is a monster. Now the same Top Dog in Washington is trying to get us into another war with Iran. I shudder to think what would happen. If this continues I'm sure they will reinstate the draft..

Answer 6

George Bush had an irrational fixation that had no bearing on reality. The next thing will be the invasion of Iran. This so-called "war on terror" is becoming a "war of terror" and Bush is the main terrorist. It's all without purpose and will accomplish no good at all. He can't be out of office too fast.

Answer 7

no solid proof that the terrorists were Saudis and even though why attack a whole country while they can press charges against one royal family.

Answer 8

Because the Bush administration lied and the people(Congress and the citizens) bought the lie.

Answer 9

That, my friend, is the 2 million dollar question..

The answer is....we were vulnerable...Bush used that vulnerability to exploit personal desires...we are in Iraq.

Unexcusable in my book

Answer 10

Are you implying that Bush had to have a reason for invading Iraq?