US justfication for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.?

Question

1) They say they invaded Iraq because Saddam kicked out the WMD inspectors,

But then,

2) The UN ITSELF condemned the invasion of Iraq

So if the authority that represents inspectors (not to mention the UN as the representative of the world community) condemned the invasion, then how could the US justification have validity??

Answer 1

This is a rather interesting set of questions but they are also very distorted. First, the authority of the WMD inspectors was not undermined by the invasion into Iraq. The authority was completely underminded and disrupted both by Saddam Hussien and the UN itself when the inspectors got too close to identifying that Saddam HAD WMDs. Why do you think they were only allowed certain areas at a time and then were removed before being allowed into another area before, once again, being forced to leave. It was a circus and the US knew this.

Second, you have completely failed to understand that just becaus the UN "represents" the world view, DOESN'T mean that individual countries are completely and totally subject to it's (the UN's) every whim, especially when it is as corrupt as the UN was with Secretary General Kofi Annen.

Third, you have failed to recognize the fact that the UN did initially agree and accept the invasion as legitimate and necessary.

Fourth, the US has continuously been the ONLY country with the will-power to address difficult situations around the world and solve them in the means necessary to resolve the issue. This means has been through force-of-arms. What other country has been willing to actually pursue peace by removing forces which impede on that peace?

Answer 2

One reason may be that every one believed the British intelligence reports and the CIA intelligence reports . The Senators that later changed their "minds" claimed they didn't fully read the reports, didn't understand the reports in context or misread the reports.
I don't know about you but at an average salary of $160,000 - I want my elected official to at least read his/her homework. Would anyone accept that answer for a elementary student? Why do we accept it from politicians?

I won't even go into the UN - as it is thanks to their resolution of 2004 that is keeping allied troops in Iraq.
Did you ever read a UN resolution? It is a lot of cover their backsides, make them look good and have anyone else foot the bill and provide the man power.

The US is in Iraq because the US House and Senate voted to authorize the war. Read the US Constitution. The President can ask - but only a vote by the House and Senate can authorize a war.

Answer 3

I don't know where you get your BS from but Bush waited for 6 months before the invasion because the UN wanted things just so so. They gave Saddam plenty of time to move his WMDs.

Answer 4

The UN inspectors were in Iraq looking for the alleged WMDs but were forced to leave in March 2003 because Bush was about to invade. Saddam insisted that he had no WMDs and the UN inspectors wanted more time to finish their inspections but Bush was determined. The UN officials were therefore understandably upset.

Answer 5

way incorrect, and a great number of individuals observed it that way from the beginning up. If we had to do it yet back, might we commerce 6000 US infantrymen and over one hundred,000 lives of harmless civilians, and trillions of greenbacks, for the end result that we see precise now? Edit @ hexa: interior the residing house, the Dems voted against the Iraq war decision, 126 to 80 two. The Pubs voted FOR it 215 to 6. yet we save listening to that the Dems voted for it, non the fewer. Conservatives are people who initiated the war and additionally people who voted for it, so dollar up and intensely own as much as the end results of your movements, you may no longer rewrite history.

Answer 6

because the UN is rife with corruption. they have a very lucrative oil for food program with Iraq that was lining all there pockets, so what wouldn't they have a reason to condemn the united states when they attack Iraq to protect themselves

Answer 7

The UN is laughable. Saddam violated 14 UN resolutions since the end of the 1st war and furthermore if you fallowed the news at the time he was shooting at our planes nearly every day in violation of his own cease fire agreement. I wont mention about how he was killing some tens of thousands of his own people every year.

Answer 8

That's a great question.


Of course, there are MANY great questions concerning the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years since 9/11/01.

http://dir.salon.com/story/books/feature/2004/03/11/unger_1/index.html

Wouldn't it be nice if there were some great answers?


By the way, peace holds no glory, nor does it yield the warm satisfaction of destruction. War does both.

Answer 9

The USA isn't stupid. Just the presidential party and a lot of people that were in the house.

One word... OIL

I am a proud sailor wife. I don't know a damn person who lives by me that is okay with this war. And I do live by marines too!

Answer 10

We don't need the UN to give their blessing, to protect ourselves