Thanks, judy_r8!!! You said it better than I could!!!
2007-02-26 12:15:49
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answered by Butterflie927 3
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I believe that certain neoconservative elements from "think tanks" had developed "turn key" plans to invade Iraq during the Clinton administration (while the neocons were out of power.) Once Bush became president, these neocon elements moved into positions of power and influence in the Bush administration and all they needed was a pretext to pull their plans off the shelf and put them into action. 9-11 was the pretext.
All that was needed, then, was a way of tying Saddam Hussein to "international terrorism with a global reach." Remember: In the beginning of the Bush administration's drum beating for an invasion of Iraq, it wasn't about what Saddam had done to the Kurds or whether he had WMDs or anything of the kind. It was about whether Saddam could be tied in with al Qaeda and the 9-11 attack on the USA on American soil! So, they came up with some supposedly clandestine meeting in Prague between Mohammad Atta and some Iraqi secret service official. Bingo! They had their tie-in!
The Bush-Rumsfeld plan was to invade Iraq and have it over with so quickly that debating the reasons for it would be moot. They would then be able to pivot quickly and take out either Syria or Iran or at least pose such a threat to them that Syria and Iran would cease their mischief in the Middle East, all buttoned up before the 2004 election! Boy, were they mistaken!
2007-02-26 14:15:28
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answered by Joe 2
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Yes and No. I mean like yes it probably was time for them to move in and stop the insanity in that country but you've got to remember Operation Desert Storm? (The Gulf War With George Bush Sr.)? Why didn't we stop Saddam during the Gulf War? All those casualties (many civilizations) caused America to be hated by many countries since they were just randomly bombing areas!
That's the issue with America, if nothing happened to them, they will do nothing!
Let me give you an example. Everyone recalls the Holocaust right? (Mass genocide of the Jews in the 1940's? WWII?) I'm sure you do. Anyways, America knew that it was going on but you know what? They did nothing! They just turned their backs from it. But than WHAM! All hell broke lose when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. Than and only than, did America do something.
That's exactly what is happening here. America knew there was mass murders of the Kurds in Iraq and that Saddam was a horrible dictator. But it wasn't until 9/11 that we actually did anything!
Jalapeno10
2007-02-26 12:24:36
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answered by jalapeno10 2
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People need to get a clue. It was obvious that we were going to have to go back into Iraq since 1994.
The only question was: "When?"
And as far as I am concerned - it was better that I went than my children.
(Even though the Democrats seem to be ensuring that in 10 years we get stuck in a really nasty war.)
2007-02-26 13:39:19
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answered by MikeGolf 7
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Yes. A clumsy, but apparently effective one. In Paul O'Neill's book. "The price of loyalty" he makes it clear that Bush and his cronies were looking for any pretext to invade Iraq from the moment Bush stole office in 2000. Not so odd then, that Bush ignored warnings about imminent terrorist attacks then twisted 9/11 six ways from Sunday to apply it to Saddam. Why did he really want us there? To me that's still the big mystery. How much of it was oil? How much evangelism and the second coming? How much showing up his daddy? How much for Haliburton and the D.O.D.?
2007-02-26 12:20:54
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answered by socrates 6
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iraq was decided by 9-11-01 and the evidence presented to ALL of our government concerning their WMD program. iraq defied 17 u.n. resolutions also.
2007-02-26 12:39:38
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answered by patriot07 5
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An excuse? Are you kidding me? It was a wake up call that we can't try and "contain" the situation in the Middle East and we now have to act on it.
2007-02-26 12:28:10
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answered by Curt 4
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Iraq? No. Afghanistan.. yes. the Taliban directly aided and funded the hijackers and for that we toppled their regime.
2007-02-26 12:17:12
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answered by Mrsjvb 7
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No, but I hear the number 23 is significant. I think they made a movie about that, too. Gotta be.
2007-02-26 12:15:27
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answered by Michael E 5
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No. Where have you been for the past thirty years? Did you skip right over the hundreds of attacks by terrorists each year?
What about the first world trade center bombing?
What about Beruit?
What about the Berlin disco?
What about the USS COLE?
What about all the others?
2007-02-26 12:08:50
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes, 9/11 was also an excuse to create a police state.
2007-02-26 12:13:06
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answered by Anonymous
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