Do you think the U.S. would have still invaded Iraq if 9/11 had NOT occurred?

Answer 1

Yes

The plans for invading Iraq were in place before Bush spent his first day in the white house

Answer 2

Absolutely yes. The reason Bush gave for invading Iraq was that Sadam had "weapons of mass destruction" that Sadam was refusing to give up. Bush NEVER said anything about 9/11 or the war on terrorism when he gave the explanation for invading Iraq. He was determined to invade Iraq with or without 9/11. I think he subconsciously wanted to finish the job that his daddy started.

(As an aside, 9/11 WAS the reason for invading Afghanistan, but not Iraq)

Answer 3

Absolutely. The think-tank Project for the New American Century have been furiously lobbying for the return of imperial invasions of the Reagan type and Iraq has always been at the top of the list. Why do you think Hussein was weakened over ten years if not because the US does not attack strong enemies. The embargo that cost a million children's lives was set up as a preliminary step for control of the gulf.

And 9/11.... well, look they lie to you guys every time the elite wants a war and you fall for it every time. Why bother telling you? Tonkin was a lie, Kosovo was invaded under a false pretext, even Afghanistan was a fiasco. You remember Reagan warning about the threat of the Nicaraguan army? and you fell for it.
So why bother, unless US people start picking up history books, it looks like your government is going to murder or enslave every non-white in the world.

Answer 4

In a word, Yes. A protracted (and perhaps necessary) strategy or conflict in the Middle East was outlined in the following book:

"The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives" by Zbigniew Brzezinski (Council of Foreign Relations founder), written in 1997.

This for those of you interested is the Blueprint of the Bush Administration.

911 was just a convenient excuse for a lot of things, primary among them: Homeland Security, the Patriot Act I and II, and a War on Terror that has no end.

Nearly all wars the U.S. has participated in since the Spanish American War have all begun with an "incident" that "outraged" the American people and provided American leaders a convenient excuse to send U.S troops into combat.

Mr. Brzezinski's book is only $12 and less than 200 pages -
If you want to know the gameplan, read his book.

Answer 5

Well since they made it occur to do the invasion I would have to call this a mute point. However to play into your question, yes no doubt at all they would have went into Iraq. They would have found some way some how to make there be a reason....However lets not forget that 9/11 and Iraq are totally seperate things being that they have nothing to do with eachother.

Answer 6

Without 9-11 there would be no justification for going to war with Iraq, falsified justification of course.

Bush and Co. were after war with Iraq before they took office.

9-11 never happening wasn't an option.

Answer 7

No, US needed a (excuse) reason to invade IRAQ,
you need the large masses of people to agree to go to war
and the death of a thousand american citzens will help the campaign instead of going to war to take over there land for oil and killing off the large populations of Iraq or whatever place...maybe for there new agenda

Answer 8

It's possible but not likely. I think we were already having trouble with Sadam and terrorists (I mean to keep those separate because they aren't the same thing obviously). However, I think that if we did have the war still, it would have come later and there wouldn't be as many people to volunteer in the military.

Answer 9

Bush talked about taking out Saddam Hussein before he was elected in 2000. According to the PNAC, they needed a "Pearl Harbor" to give them an excuse to do that. He turned 911 into his excuse. However, he was not the first administration to want to get rid of Hussein.

Answer 10

No. But maybe Bush would of tried to make up some reason for the US to invade Iraq. He would of done it to settle the score that his dad (other former pres. Bush) had against Saddam.