Answer me this one please?

Question

If 9/11 was the reason for going to war...as a retaliation for the World Trade center, then why did we even go to Iraq? And don't use the whole terror training excuse...if that were what prompted us into it we should have troops in every nation in the middle east and Africa...plus I am sure some here in the US. So please...tell me the justification of going so heavily into Iraq? And, if we know Bin Laden is/was in Afghanistan, why not the giant influx of US troops there?

Thank you for your answers and I agree with them as I think most intelligent people would. But, I also think we need to be held accountable for this, and not forget it once it's over. We invaded a country for nothing more than greed. I truly hope in the future severe punishment is in order for those at the top...they deserve it.

Answer 1

Oil in Iraq, no oil in Afghanistan.

Answer 2

I think at this point we know there wasnt a connection between Iraq and 9-11, or at least not a very strong one. What we can say is that we are in a situation there and we need to take care of it. Sometimes, life does that and if you cant do that its because you've holed yourself up into a very small box of a life and choose to look away from anything outside of your own little world.

Answer 3

The invasion into Iraq was a pre-planned mission. It was prompted by Saddams continous violations of UN sanctions put into place after Desert Storm. Unfortunately 9/11 happened. And the media, along with the Congress seemed to believe that we went into Iraq to defeat terrorism. We didn't. We went in to enforce the UN sanctions. But, you folks believe what you want to believe.
We went into Afganistan to hunt for Bin Laden, but we had to go thru the Taliban to get at him. THe Taliban was toppled, and the hunt turned into a poitical quagmire, which anything that has to do with politics, eventually turns into.
And, believe it or not, we do have personell in most middle eastern countries and Africa. Not all military, but diplomats.
And how much would the liberals be whining if we did have troops in every country in the Middle East and Africa. WHAAAAAAAA!

Answer 4

Since the first gulf war and though out Clinton's administration the CIA had been funding several anti Saddam groups. Ahmed Chabili one paid CIA informant created a story of WMD's in Iraq. Based on his testimony and false evidence we went to war. Even though the British's Rockingham project cast doubts on the info the US was getting code naming one informant "curve ball".

Saddam in his arrogence denied UN inspectors access to areas that could have proven the information false.

Answer 5

Iraq had little to do with 9-11.

Pres Bush stated we had to take out Saddam because there were 17 unenforced UN Resolutions. Part of the agreement as to why we ended the Gulf War was he was not to have WMDs and he was to allow UN weapon inspectors unfettered access. He refused.

The connection to 9-11 was two fold

1. There were terrorists training in Iraq, as long with most of the Arab countries.

2. After 9-11, we could not allow a dictator who publicly stated he wanted to nuke Israel and the US to be in power.

Answer 6

If You could understand the questions you ask and answers they would generate? It would already be most clear to you. You ask a most complex thing which is so incredibly multi faceted that it is impossible to answer in a single sentance or quick phrase. Understanding world politics/ economics and Government is quite a long long journey, and yes a little knowledge is a bad thing~ but g,luck in spite of all the above~

Answer 7

Saddam Hussein was the leader of Iraq at the end of the Gulf War in 1991. He signed a cease fire agreement which he agreed to disarm, he agreed to end all hostile actions against the coalition troops, allow unfettered access to UN weapons inspectors, destroy all Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) under the supervision of UN Weapons Inspectors. During the course of the next 12 years Saddam Hussein violated no fewer then 16 UN resolutions requiring him to comply with the cease fire agreement of 1991. In 2003 President Bush sought and got approval from Congress and the Senate for unilateral invasion of Iraq due to its refusal to adhere to the UN resolutions and the cease fire agreement of the previous 12 years. There was popular support (polls were about 70% in favor) among the American people for the invasion of Iraq. President Bush gave full and fair warning during the six month military build-up in the Gulf and asking Saddam Hussein to show proof of the destruction of his weapons systems according to the cease fire agreement and the UN resolutions. President Bush even gave Saddam Hussein a 48 hour notice to leave the country before the US military started bombing. So the justification you are asking for is Saddam Hussein's contempt for the international communities 16 (UN) resolutions and his noncompliance to the unconditional cease fire he agreed to in 1991

Answer 8

President Bush is one of the good guys. He's got a pair of balls and a Texas attitude that you liberal and socialistic people just cannot comprehend. He’s a Warrior. Go strap on an F-16 like he has and you may just get a glimmer of what he's really like. I’ve met him in Austin when he was Governor on 4 different occasions. He looks you in the eye, he’s got a really strong handshake, he’s friendly and has a great sense of humor. I like him as a person and as a President. History will prove he is one of the greatest Presidents we have had the privilege to elect.

So soon you all forget, or is it you are just too young to remember. Saddam brought death and destruction down on himself. For years, he arrogantly told the UN to go to Hell. He was given numerous chances over several years to allow full inspections for WMD's. He would not allow full and complete inspections. During all that time, I think he moved the weapons he had to Syria or buried them in the Iraqi desert. He did not think anyone had the balls to finally give him an ultimatum and follow through with military action if he did not comply with the UN sanctions. After 9/11, he gambled wrong. 9/11 changed the playing field on a world scale. Also if Colin Powell had not stopped General Norman Schwarzkopf during the Kuwaiti conflict, this last conflict would not have been necessary. You need to understand that we are at war. This War on Terrorism will still be going on when your Great Grand Children are grown, and will continue until either us or the Muslim Extremists are DEAD! Thank God, for the strength of our Military, and Guts of our President for making the hard decisions it takes to keep conflicts overseas and not in our streets.

When some claim that President Bush shouldn't
have started this war, state the following:

a. FDR led us into World War II.

b. Germany never attacked us; Japan did.
From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost ...
an average of 112,500 per year.

c. Truman finished that war and started one in Korea
North Korea never attacked us.
From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost ...
an average of 18,334 per year.

d John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962.
Vietnam never attacked us.

e. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire.
From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost ..
an average of 5,800 per year.

f. Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent.
Bosnia never attacked us.
He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three
times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on
multiple occasions.

g. In the years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush
has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled
Al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Libya without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.

The failure of many Americans, including many of the leading Democrats in Congress, and some Republicans, to fully appreciate the persistent, long-term threat posed to America's liberties and survival, and to the future of the free World's Liberal Democracies everywhere. The Radical Islamic Resistance Movement is present in every country in the World and envisions a world dominated and defined by an Islamic Caliphate of religious totalitarianism. These radicals will fight any war, make any sacrifice, suffer any hardship, and pay any price to achieve their goals. Not stopping them now may prove to be the kind of blunder upon which the fate of the Free World turns, and falls.

Answer 9

i think at first it was to check for the nukes. then now its supposedly to help bring democracy to Iraq.

but like the one girl that said afghanistan no oil and iraq has oil.
thats probably the main reason. and yet gas prices arent going down...
dang.

Answer 10

Don't you know that as a patriotic american ( YOU ARE A PATRIOTIC AMERICAN, ARE YOU NOT?) you are not supposed to ask such a question. Stay the course. Go shopping. Make sure your magnetic I SUPPORT OUR TROOPS ribbon's on your bumper. But don't you ask any questions of your leaders. Say, what's your address and phone number? It will save us time...