Iraq is a place of reckoning now - war has torn apart the nation ... But whose is to blame
2007-08-28 23:19:43 · 16 answers · asked by HassaninDhouse 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The real reason we are in Iraq?
Margaret Thatcher once said (and I paraphrase here), "President Bush (elder) and I are both out of power, but Saddam is still in power. Who do you think won the Iraq (1st) war?"
I sincerely believe that President Bush (younger) came into power with the intent purpose that he would "save face" for his dad. I think that he made Iraq the focal point of the terror attacks in 2001. I think his followers fabricated the data necessary to allow him to to invade Iraq. His quickly gaining posession of Saddam's pistol after he was captured as a trophy spoke volumes of the mans true heart. (I'm surprised he didn't show up at Saddam's jail cell and slap him around for I think it is his mindset.)
Now we are there and have no way out, it is everyone elses problem. Bush the Younger got us there on his own accord so he could say, "Look what I did for you Daddy."
g-day!
2007-08-29 14:54:27 · answer #1 · answered by Kekionga 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an English person, in the words of John McEnroe - "you can't be serious". Think of the war in Iraq!! - It would take too long to explain how we feel about being dragged into a war that we didn't believe in by a Prime Minister who agrees now that he was "misled".
How many more Blue on Blue situations are we supposed to sit back and take now we are marching together in Afghanistan - another place that the west has stuck her nose into, culminating in tragedy for all countries involved. Ask yourself the question: What has been achieved in either country?
2007-08-29 02:01:56 · answer #2 · answered by Steffie Sue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people in the Middle East have been fighting over sand for thousands of years. We should never have gone in over there to start with. They don't know or care anything about a democracy over there. This war was about money and oil. The rich in this country, the oilmen and the stock holders of Halliburton, have made an absolute killing on this war. It is now up the the Iraqi people to decide if they want peace. At this point they are over there killing each other. It makes no sense at all to me that Sunnis are killing Kurds and Shites are killing Sunnis or whatever. It would be like me crossing a state line here in this country and killing someone, simply because they don't live in my state and go to my church. I would say most of us in this country cannot fathom the way they think over there.
2007-08-28 23:29:54 · answer #3 · answered by zento1110 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There must be some - really good reason why the UK & US etc... are still in Iraq... Why they all just dont go home and leave them to fight amoungst themselves.. is behond comprehension... We cant convert the Iraqi's into Westerners. - they will always do what the Mad Mullahs say..I say take as much Oil as we can carry - and get out of there asap.. before all hell breaks loose - and we end up having to take on the Iranians as well.
2007-08-28 23:28:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it all happend when iraq invaded kuwait to get there oil.. its just a load of. iraq just wanted a better enconomy and america denyed them that. i really dont see much point in the war. and anyway it all went wrong as iraqi troops burnt most of the oil on there retreat. so its really just america wants revenge. i dare america to take control of iraq. see what happens then.
2007-08-29 04:42:44 · answer #5 · answered by 342515234 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we were there for three reasons the first was for WMD's (which intel was right however they never read the full report saying that in was back in the 80's, it was taken out of context) then it became we're there for oil yet prices are thru the sky so???hmmm then we moved to we're there cuz of teorrorist's hmmmm and now we're there cuz we are trying to make democratic nation there. no one to blame but congress.
2007-08-28 23:34:36 · answer #6 · answered by @ndres 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "weapons of mass destruction" is why the country was invaded by a first world country (who have the state of the art means of getting this kind of info)
These weapons were not found.
2007-08-28 23:29:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is all about oil,power & republic. The US it is now the 21 century of Roman Empire.
2007-08-28 23:44:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pull out?
Damned if they do, Damned if they don`t.
But, if they were to pull out - US included - there would be a blood bath between the different factions. This could possibly drag other country`s into this area and then..........!
2007-08-28 23:31:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
who's to blame!
The Iraqi people are to blame, for harbouring and giving comfort to insurgent trouble makers.
2007-08-29 03:48:08 · answer #10 · answered by robert x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋