2007-08-01 19:27:47 · 8 answers · asked by Someone 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
To stop Saddam because Saddam was bad.
It pretty much boils down to that. And we did.
Mission Accomplished.
The real question is what we're still doing there?
2007-08-01 19:30:31 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Bush said they had WMD, which we found out they did not. The result of us going in, a despotic leader was removed from power which is not a bad thing. The reason we are still there is so anarchy does not run wild, but that may be difficult to stop with the mindset of the people there.
2007-08-01 19:38:48 · answer #2 · answered by Jeff E 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Long term contracts to develop the easy to get and cheap to develop oil in Iraq for Exxon and Mobil, plus hegemony in the Middle East Oil region. We now have military bases from Egypt to Israel to Saudi Arabia, Quatar, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. It is saturation "gunboat" foreign policy.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0518/p01s01-usfp.html
2007-08-01 19:57:57 · answer #3 · answered by michaelsan 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
wmd: "weapons of mass destruction." bush admin. claimed saddam had them. said nigerian uranium had been bought covertly to build them. was all bulls**t, as it turned out. the real reason has more to do with establishing a base of ops in an oil producing region of the mideast (cheney's reason) and the fact that saddam had once planned to assasinate bush senior (baby bush's reason). your tax dollars at work.
2007-08-01 19:35:52 · answer #4 · answered by ellarosa 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
We didn't like the Anti-American government and that is reason enough. Remember that. Tell your friends.
2007-08-01 21:08:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think he was after saddam, not because of his now nonexistant "connections" to al Qaeda, but because there was a grudge or sumthin. 9/11 just gave him an excuse to get there.
2007-08-01 20:52:10 · answer #6 · answered by sambucca 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hey coragryph, get out of your American egg shell and then answer!
Bush did this becuz he wanted to set up American powers in the Middle East. No weapons of mass destruction were found, no biological weapons. He has given death to the innocent Iraqis... He is evil...
2007-08-01 19:34:24 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Riz 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I just want to add to what ellarose said....LIBERALS ALSO said that Saddam had WMDs.
2007-08-01 19:38:07 · answer #8 · answered by SW1 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋