how was the Iraq war started?

Answer 1

No war has EVER been waged for the altruistic goals of spreading democracy, freeing downtrodden citizens, or any such thing. Wars are only ever started for reasons of political control and/or control of resources.

The war started when the armed forces of the United States crossed Iraq's borders, and proceeded to occupy her territory and attempted to regulate the activities of her people.

Answer 2

The Iraq war started when the British carved out a country irrespective of tribal and cultural boundaries and then installed their guy to run the country. We (USA) followed up by backing on person or another and also playing games during the Iran/Iraq war by simultaneously helping both sides. The Iraq war(now) started when Iraq invaded Kuwait, claiming a historical right to the oil that Kuwait had under its lands and that Kuwait was historically part of Iraq. We invaded Kuwait/Iraq to get Iraq out but we left Saddam Hussein in power (however weakened) and THEN let Saddam take his revenge on any groups that supported his overthrow after being run out of Kuwait.
If you recall, Saddam backed an assassination plot against George HW Bush. Clinton retaliated.
As soon as 9/11 took place Rumsfeld and others implemented a long desired plan to go back to Iraq and finish the job from the first Iraq War (Desert Storm). They were so desperate to get rid of Saddam that they accepted a lot of intelligence about weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and connections between Iraq and Al Qaida which ended up supporting a request of the U.N. and U.S. Congress to attack Iraq.
I believe that is the story in a nutshell.

Answer 3

pootfart3 is exactly right on. Iraq was also a sovereign country, meaning it was a self-governing nation. The ONLY reason to ever start a war is when your own nation is in jeopardy. Not so with Iraq. They were not a threat to the US. The administration "cherry-picked" the info from the CIA they needed to give them a reason to invade (stating that Sadam had been trying to get 'yellow cake uranium' from Africa) and ignored all the intelligence that contradicted this.

Does Joe Wilson & Valerie Plame ring a bell?

Bush & co ignored the rules of war--

1. Diplomacy
2. UN involvement
3. Sanctions
4. War, the last resort always!!

The invasion of Iraq had nothing to do with 911.

Answer 4

The only current "war" in Iraq is the civil/sectarian war that began after Saddam was deposed when rival militias and factions began actively (as opposed to passively) fighting for control over territory. And that is based on decades old feuding that was only held partially at bay by Saddam.

The current US presence in Iraq because with an Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), which Congress granted for the purpose of deposing Saddam.

The previous US aggression against Iraq (in the 1990s) was in response to Saddam's attack against Kuwait.

Other than that, you can go back centuries of violence.

Answer 5

1st The war developed out of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990.

After the conclusion of the Gulf War of 1991, the U.S., and the international community maintained a policy of “containment” towards Iraq.

Crisis erupted as the U.N.'s weapons inspection process in Iraq neared its seventh year. On Nov. 13, 1997, Iraq expelled the American members of the U.N. inspection team mandated to determine whether the nation had destroyed its nuclear, biological, and ballistic weapons. Under the 1991 Gulf War cease-fire resolution, the U.N. had agreed not to lift sanctions until Iraq's full compliance had been verified.

December 16, 1998, marked the beginning of four days of air strikes launched against Iraq by the United States and Britain, a consequence of Iraq's continued refusal to cooperate with U.N. arms inspections. Under the 1991 Gulf War cease-fire resolution, a U.N. inspection team was to determine whether Iraq had destroyed its nuclear, biological, and ballistic weapons.

Shortly after September 11, 2001 (on September 20), President Bush addressed a joint session of Congress (which was simulcasted live to the world), and announced the new War on Terrorism. This announcement was accompanied by the widely criticized doctrine of 'pre-emptive' military action, later termed the Bush doctrine

Jan. 29, 2002 In President George W. Bush's state of the union speech, he identifies Iraq, along with Iran and North Korea, as an "axis of evil." He vows that the U.S. "will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons

Oct. 11, 2002 Congress authorizes an attack on Iraq.
The resolution cited many factors to justify the use of military force against Iraq:

Iraq's noncompliance with the conditions of the 1991 cease fire, including interference with weapons inspectors.
Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, and programs to develop such weapons, posed a "threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region."
Iraq's "brutal repression of its civilian population."
Iraq's "capability and willingness to use weapons of mass destruction against other nations and its own people"
Iraq's hostility towards the United States as demonstrated by the 1993 assassination attempt of former President George H. W. Bush, and firing on coalition aircraft enforcing the no-fly zones following the 1991 Gulf War. -
Members of al-Qaeda were "known to be in Iraq."
Iraq's "continu[ing] to aid and harbor other international terrorist organizations," including anti-United States terrorist organizations.
The efforts by the Congress and the President to fight the 9/11 terrorists and those who aided or harbored them.
The authorization by the Constitution and the Congress for the President to fight anti-United States terrorism
Citing the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, the resolution reiterated that it should be the policy of the United States to remove the Saddam Hussein regime and promote a democratic replacement.

Answer 6

Terrorism was the reason why the Iraq war started.

Answer 7

You are going to get a lot of different answers on this one! Remember, you are asking for people's opinions, not necessarily for facts.
I would suggest doing some research either on line or at your local library.

Answer 8

I THINK THIS WAR WAS STARTED BY WHAT HAPPENED ON 9/11

Answer 9

George Bush convinced himself and tried to convince the rest of the nation that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction and instead of waiting for the U.N. inspectors to go in and verify his misinformation he ordered the military to invade that country without any kind of provocation and thus the war on terror began or so he said.......

Answer 10

Using lies as most wars are started.