Whats the Issue in the War in Iraq? Who's to Blame?

Question

Smart Answers Please?!!!!
What are the major issues?? and who is to blame? BUSH?

Answer 1

The entire country (including Rs and Ds) was misinformed about Iraq having WMD. Was Bush also misinformed?

That is the real question. If he was - no blame to him - only our terrible intelligence.

The original reason for going into Iraq is over - no WMD. So staying under the pretext of establishing a free and democratic Iraq is really about stabilizing the mid-east to protect oil supplies and some of the other mid-eastern countries. Once we leave, the entire region will probably break out in tribal warfare (again). If that happens, oil will be difficult to come by (and we may return for that reason).

Since, as Truman once said, the buck stops at the presidency - Bush gets the blame.

The next question is really what we will do if the entire mid-east ends up at war with each other.

Answer 2

The issue is the increasing scarcity of oil in the world. But Bush (and Blair) are not to blame as such. Why? Because if any country was in the same dominant economic and military position as the US, and could enforce its will to secure oil supplies in circumstances of increasing scarcity, it would very likely be behaving no differently to George W. Bush.

So the REAL problem is that the world at present possesses no binding form of people's global democracy; no way to ensure that dominant nations are kept in check and are made to cooperate and share/conserve resources for the good of all. The UN cannot help because it has no authority over its member nations and is effectively controlled by the most powerful ones (i.e. the members of the Security Council). So the only solution is for citizens to solve the problem themselves.

One way that they might do so is offered at http://www.simpol.org. You might want to take a look.

Answer 3

WMD.

BUSH AND BLAIR.

Remember that alternate reality, of bush talking about going to war with iraq becuse after the tie to Afghanistan disappeared, WMD became the threat?

Tony Blair support George Bush to attack Iraq, without U.N. sanction, to stop Suddam from obtaining weapons of mass destruction in 3-5 years.

No weapons have been found to date. No evidence has been recoverd. BBC Editors have been fired for frauding the WMD story in briton. CNN is too patriotic to ever get caught for that.

Don't forget about Tony Blair with Bush's Blunder.

Answer 4

Bush is not to blame, we were attacked and we are defending ourselves. Many people say we should be in Afghanistan, and we are but Iraq and Iran also harbor those who attacked us.

It will be devastating if we do not see this to the end, and many more terrorists will be knocking at the door.

Answer 5

The US just wants to build an infrastructure but you have 50 different groups trying to 50 different things. I think you can blame Bush now atleast because his plan could last 50 years but as soon as we get a new president were out of there.

Answer 6

At this point the only issue we have is that the total incompetence of the white house has spent some 1 Trillion bucks with another trillion or so bills that will come due over the next 50 years in addition to the many lives lost and destroyed. And has us in a position that has NO easy answer.

Answer 7

Iraq was never a threat to the USA.
The war in Iraq was sold by the administration under false pretenses.
The majority of Iraqis want the Americans out.
The Majority of Americans want the Americans out.
Bush wants to leave the solution to the next American president, so he can then say, things were going well and the fault is not his.

Answer 8

The real person to blame is Jimmy Carter who allowed the Iranian gang to get away with holding American hostages.

The entire Middle East learned that America is all noise and very little swat. From then on all the clowns in the Middle East decided to get their nickel's worth with throwing darts at the Big Bad American image.

It will continue until America steps on a few real hard.

Answer 9

The Invasion of Iraq is NOT about oil
It IS about the Price of Oil
Before the invasion it was $22 a barrel, Exxon and Chevron were scaping by on a couple billion profit per Quarter
Now it's $68 a Barrel and profits are in the hundreds of billions

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED !!!!!!

Answer 10

By answering Bush is like shooting on the Red Cross. It is true but it is also too easy and semplicistic.
A smart answer will be too long