Republicans: If we want to stop terrorism, and Saddam had the terrorists under control ... why invade Iraq?

Question

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"The connection is now, and was in 2001, radical Islamic terrorism. And the fertile grounds of Iraq seem a good place ...... largely BECAUSE Saddam had kept them under control"

I don't understand the logic, please clarify.

Answer 1

Norm, you can call Iraq "liberated" if it makes you feel good about the war, but the simple fact is that Iraq is more dangerous NOW than it was in the days of Hussein. Iraq is falling into civil war as folks like you claim victory.

To answer the question, terrorism was just how Bush & co. sold the war to the American public. The 9-11 terrorist attack was fresh in everyone's minds and trying to link Iraq with 9-11 was Bush's best shot to get popular support for the war. Iraq has never been about a "war on terror." It was nominally about WMDs until none were found; now the geniuses who continue to support the war claim the war was about "liberating" Iraq.

We would've been far, far better off going after Bin Laden and Al-Quaeda than trying to link 9-11 to Hussein.

Answer 2

That is not true at all. President Bush was making the connection between al Qaeda and Iraq for the purpose of invading Iraq, but he never really said the terrorists were in Iraq. The invasion was to liberate Iraq, not fight terrorism. Example, President Bush stood in front of a large banner reading Mission Accomplished and announcing that the major fighting in Iraq was over. That would have never taken place if, at that time, fighting terrorism was the purpose we were in Iraq. How could we have defeated terrorism in Iraq in 2003, yet still be fighting it there today if it had been defeated in 2003? There is no logic to the fiasco in Iraq and trying to use logic to understand the reasoning will not work. There is a hidden agenda as to why we are really in Iraq, which is probably why only the President and his cabinet are so sure there will be victory in Iraq, the rest of America knows failure when we see it.

Answer 3

As a U.S. Navy veteran, Who did a Persian Gulf deployment in 1984. I believe that we had no moral choice but to invade. Look at all of the crimes against humanity committed by Hussein and his minions. It was just a matter of time before the islamists found a way to take out the Iraqi leadership, then it would have been too late for us to invade.
I don't think we did the invasion the proper way. We should have gone in with twice as many troops as we did. We should have secured the Iraqi borders first. We then should have fought the way were stopped the axis powers in WWII. Total destruction, and then rebuild from the inside while keeping the borders closed to insurgents/Islamic terrorists trying to destabilize Iraq. My son is in Iraq. He says that we should have set off a couple of nukes in Iran and Syria as that is where the insurgents are being sent from.

Answer 4

Although I claim no political party affiliation, I will try to answer. The place we should have invaded was Afghanistan. We DID bomb the heck out of Afghanistan, but then Bush decided to attack Iraq and go after Saddam rather than go after Osama bin Laden. I find that action highly suspicious. I hope all Republicans don't back Bush.

Love, Hope, Peace, & Christ Be With You,

Cal-el & Black Canary

Answer 5

Saddam Hussein is dead these past three months and Iraq has already been liberated.

Reality check time! Looks like you're playing out of the '03 Lieberal playbook. Tell your commissar at the DNC Politburo you need an update!

Answer 6

Iraq was never invaded to stop terrorism

the "terrorists" in Iraq, are all by-products of the invasion/occupation

Answer 7

Saddam was urging terrorists around the world to strike the U.S. That is what got him into trouble.

Answer 8

So, paying $25,000 to the families of suicide bombers qualifies as "keeping them under control"? They were only "under control" in that they had no reason to attack Saddam or Iraq.

Answer 9

The only reason we moved from Afghanistan to Iraq is because George W. wanted to plot revenge against Saddam for almost murdering his father in the early '90s.

There's no good reason for us being there. The war has only made us less safe and more vulnerable. Bush and Cheney are liars and crooks.

Answer 10

Saddam needed to go....the Bush admin. went about it the wrong way......he was an evil man ! we should have sent Navy Seals in there to extract him so innocent people wouldn't have gotten killed...it is ridiculous to think 140,000 troops could control millions !