what is the real reason for the war in Iraq?

Answer 1

Saddam Hussein (Iraq) invaded Kuwait to take its oil. He also used weapons of mass destruction and refused to honor the cease-fire agreement.

Answer 2

Oil.

The US supplied Saddam with chemical and biological weapons from 1980 to 1988. That's how they knew he's got them. Unfortunately those weapons had expired by 2003 and have thus become useless. So in fact, he didn't have those weapons at the time of the attack. And if he had, you think Georgey Boy really cares? There are many other countries who have them.

And if it were liberties and civic rights that matter, why he didn't attack Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan? Oppression there is much worse than in Saddam's Iraq.

And for both reasons, why he didn't attack North Korea? North Korea poses a direct threat to Japan and South Korea.

Simply, Iraq has about 30% of world's oil stocks, which now US companies can pump for free. Petrol prices won't drop, but the profits of the companies have risen.

Answer 3

Well the conspiracy theorist claimed we were going there for the oil. Seen any cheap gas lately?

Real reason. Saddam refused to comply with UN weapons inspectors requests to search certain sites. Then 9/11 happened, Saddam still wouldn't cooperate and we went into hyper alert.

The fears were that Saddam had WMD's and would give them to our enemies. It went to a vote to go to war, the Republicans and Democrats agreed to take out Saddam.

Now Note: Even Hillary Clinton voted to go to war with Iraq. She now says, if she knew then what she knows now, that she wouldn't have voted to go to war.

No kidding, her and a lot of other people, but you have to go with the best facts you have at that time and act accordingly. I'd rather we went to war like we did, then stand back, play nice and find Chicago a smoking radioactive hole later.

Our main concern should be getting a workable exit strategy. We most defiantly do not want to just pull up stakes and leave. That would leave a vacuum the terrorist would fill and that would bode ill for the US and the rest of the free world.

Don't take my word for it or believe me, just listen closely to Iran's president. He's been saying all along that he wants to wipe out Israel and the US. Why give him a ready supply of eager martyrs? Especially if he gets his hand on the bomb?

Answer 4

I have read and heard many potential reasons. The one I think makes the most sense is that we are trying to encircle Iran, who our government perceives to be the real threat to MidEast security. We are in A'stan and Iraq, and we also now have 2 aircraft carrier battle groups in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Iran. We installed, bankrolled and armed Saddam Hussein to fight the Iranians. (Then when we wanted him to step aside and allow Iraqis to have a democracy, Saddam decided he liked running his own country as a dictator, and refused. So we set him up to invade Kuwait so we had an excuse to go in and take him out) Also, our government has a history of creating wars/military conflicts for the simple reason it makes a lot of people a lot of money. War is big business; from the arms manufacturers to the companies like Halliburton, Bechtel, etc., that come in and re-build stuff we blow up. Just follow the money, and the answers are pretty obvious. I like to refer to Eisenhower's warning to the US public just before he left the Presidency in 1960, "beware of the military/industrial complex". As for Iran, they are a legitimate threat, and a key foundation to radical Islam throughout the world. You can thank Jimmy Carter for allowing the radical Islamics to take over Iran in the 1970's. Carter stood by, watched and let it happen. He probably even encouraged it!!! Carter is an OK guy to have as your neighbor, but he was a real crappy president.

Answer 5

Saddam Hussein would not live by the agreements he made at the end of desert storm. He would not let UN forces inspect his facilities without playing games with them. He was seen to be a threat to our national security because of his actions. The man used chemicals on his own people, what makes you think that if he had weapons of mass destruction, he wouldn't have used them on the US? If he weren't doing everything in his power to make people think he had weapons of mass destruction, they may not have been invaded!

Answer 6

Those who say oil are ignorant. If it was for oil why is it still expensive? Our current mission is to help a developing country. The U.S. has a tendency of fixing things to make them look good at that certain time but it usually comes back and bites us in the butt ten years later (i.e. helping the Taliban when the Russians invaded, helping Saddam with the Iraq Iran war. Just to name a few). If we leave now we will only be setting ourselves up for failure in the future. We need to stabilize it as much as possible before we withdraw.

Answer 7

I personally think it's OIL I think that we don't belong in Iraq, A) the Iraquis don't want us there and they will kill a solider even if he or she isn't an American but is either British or an Australian or in anyone of the forces who is there to fight terrorism. I personally wish we'd never entered that war or the one in Afganistan. Don't get me wrong I respect the American soliders who are there and feel they need to come home before another one of them dies or is seriously injured.

Answer 8

wars over. its an occupation now.were there so the war machine can make money.when the feds stick it in they like to stay for a while, don't everyone.?I know when i stick it in a like to stay a while.but i never rape, were raping that country. way to many people have died. people are still dieing so its really about time we came home. I reckon

Answer 9

i like House's answer....ill think ill go with that and oil, and also because Bush figured he wasnt going to waste his time trying to help the US so he thought he could turn to a "less fortunate" country. I hope it hurt like hell when he got a boot in his ***.

Answer 10

Saddam called Laura Bush a "porker".