Why did we go to Iraq?

Question

1) If to fight terrorists? did hell of job creating em' a lot of em' so we could fight em'.
2) For democracy? Why not Saudi Arabia why we are friends with Saudi dictators.
3) Oil? then why the hell I am Paying $3 gallon.
4) WMD? Yeah alright.
5) To Get rid of Saddam. Did it help?
6) To help poor helpless iraqis? They dont look so helpless anymore.

You can call me ignorant or dumb but please give a good reason why, and where i am wrong.

I like David C's answer a whole new perspective.

I would like to listen to WMD part when and where. any concrete proof other than some conservative tabloid.

By the way I am not a libral, I am rather pro life, anti gay rights, anti clinton (both of em) working for a big oil company with stock options conservative from Bush's home town. yeah past two elections i voted democratic cuz i knew Bush is a disaster.

nicholas waiting for your answer dude.

Dont care what clinton says palosi says. remeber i am not a democrat or a libral. I need a proof like a report by a news media (even fox) saying here we found theWMD or atleast there was some WMD.

Answer 1

Because Bush does what his rice krispies and Cheney tells him to.........Cheney is making money and Halliburton profit line is 800% over what it was. Bush thinks he is George Washington reincarnated. Cheney thinks he is above the law and then both call the constitution a God dmmmmed piece of paper. Hmmmm.......now tell me again how we are taking all this democracy to Iraq.

Answer 2

Bush had always wanted to right the perceived mistake by his father (for not taking Saddam out while he could) and was looking for an excuse to do it and he found that excuse in 9/11. His father being the more intelligent of the two (in fact most every one Is) knew not to weaken Iraq to much as we needed then as a counter balance , to keep Iran in place. To stop the spread of fanatical Islamic movement. Bush the Idiot has facilitated the spread of the Islamic fundamentalism in The middle east and that Iraq also will be come an Islamic state after US troops are withdrawn and has provided a training ground for terrorist for generations to come.

Answer 3

To win elections, Karl Rove knew that a wartime president is rarely removed and that he could then label all challengers as unpatriotic.

To keep the price of oil high, one of the odd effects of these Middle Eastern wars is to suppress petroleum exporting capacity and to consume vast ammounts of fuel. Both of which raises fuel prices.

Finally an intelligence and leadership failure regarding WMD where there were not any.

Answer 4

A response to 5):

Saddam Hussein knew that his people were animals. He knew how to govern his people and he did it effectively: through fear. By nature those Iraqis are just flat violent and scandalous. So to answer your question yes it helped Bush's ego to take him out but hurt everybody else.

Answer 5

People who use government sources to answer this question
have been brain washed to the point of sanitation
to call someone ignorant
then quote the white house
is the highth of laziness and a product of TV induced mind controll
Kinda like asking OJ if he did it

Answer 6

For the Felafel's. That and the great turbans. As far as anything political, we went to get rid of Saddam Hussein. Now that the mad man is dead, we need to get out.

Answer 7

Beautiful BEAUTIFUL money!

Yes, we went to make Bush and Cheney rich. Rich beyond our WILDEST dreams. It's so DELICIOUSLY EVIL!

Muahahaha! No one will EVER KNOW the grand conspiracy of the Bush administration to make more money than any president before him! HAHAHA!

Answer 8

Because George Wya wanted to play with his toy boats and his toy soldiers. And jet onto a flight deck and exclaim "Mission Accomplished !"

A shame.

Answer 9

ok, I'll try not to call you a name in reference to your ignorance factor on this.

Saying you are ignorant, is not an insult. I am ignorant on brain surgery, and you are ignorant on the middle east, and quite possibly world affairs all together.

We went to Iraq for several reasons. Try reading them before you draw your blind partisan, liberal rhetoric believing conclusions

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021002-2.html

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We went in initially to dispose of saddam, who according to the world (and people like nancy pelosi), was a danger to the welfare of the world. He ignored U.N. mandates for over a decade, and DID (I can argue this) have WMD.

That is why we WENT to Iraq. If you would like an education on why we are still there, let me know.

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WMD?? how about nancy pelosi who claimed she had 12 years on the intelligence committe and sure he had them? Is that proof enough? What about Bill CLinton, bombing Iraq for the same reasons? What about Saddam's nuclear scientist, admiting he had them, and was working on nuclear weapons technology? What about Saddams top air force officer, admitting he flew them to syria?

WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE AS PROOF????

Answer 10

to place a strategic base so that we can make a claim in the middle east and have one more integral post for a World Government.