Do U believe as I do, Bush used 9/11 as a pretext for invasion of Iraqi,otherwise without 9/11?

Question

I highly doubt the BS war in Iraq would have happened. I also think he could have taken out Osuma bin Laden before 9/11,if our intelligence was allowed to do what is was supposed to do beforehand. The terrorists were even flight training right in Phoenix and we even had just enough evidence as it was to prevent 9/11 from happening,otherwise Sept. 11 2001 would have been another late summer day and Mr. Bush would be without a job of any kind as well.

I want my free speech jss and no U will not take that away from me. Ever read the constitution lately. Appearantly, Yahoo and U haven't as of late. Dare U to report me again if U like!

As do I as well teacher grant

Answer 1

Greetings! Mr. W had contingency plans for invading Iraq long before 9-11. He used 9-11 as his shield to go in after Hussein.

Yes, Hussein was a sick, twisted fascist no good SOB, but there are a plenty of world dictators that are just as bad if not worse than Hussein.

What I want to know is why we suspended the chase for the worst terrorist the world has known, even though we know he is in another country and bogged ourselves down in Iraq?

Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people are risking their lives not so much for our country, but for W's little war.

Unfortunately, the troops have no say so they have to go and do the very best jobs they can so they and their buddies can live another day and eventually go back home to their loved ones.

SOAPBOX ALERT!!!!!!

It's not the troops that I protest. They are the backbone of our country and are at the beck and call of the President of the United States. I was a veteran once and I stand and applaud their hard work. And it's not the OFFICE of the President that I am upset with, but rather the village idiot from Texas who has meandered to the head of the Presidency that irks me.

Also, for those who yell at me as a sap-bellied liberal for bashing the president, allow me to remind you of the words of another famous Republican President named Theodore Roosevelt:
"To announce that there be no criticism of the
President, or that we are to stand by the
President, right or wrong is not only unpatriotic
and servile, but is morally treasonable to the
American public."

I do hope our troops come home soon, safe and sound.

Take care.

Answer 2

Would the invasion of Iraq have happened without 9/11? No. 9/11 changed the way the administration thought about threats and what were considered acceptable risks. We were attacked and they failed to stop it. When they realized how much evidence they failed to put together and how many chances to stop Bin Laden before the attacks were missed, they didn't want to miss any chances to stop future threats. Looking back now, they were a bit jumpy and trigger happy out of fear of being wrong again. Which led them to be wrong again. But it is pathetic to suggest that thay let it happen on purpose just to create the pretext for the Iraq war.

Answer 3

Bush had bin Ladin and then sent another army to go get him. They didn't!

It was the Republicans in 1998 screaming that they were not going to pass anti terrorist legislation, especially the house speaker and Orrin Hatch!

9/11 makes no sense to me at all. Even most of the hijackers are still alive! Two planes were never found, but the bodies were!

Bush was told when he became president of the threats by Clinton, and by his Terrorist Czar who continued to work for Bush! They had almost 8 months and did nothing. Our own fighters can't even protect the East coast!

At least Clinton arrested and tried all of those who were involved in the 1st Trade Center Bombing without starting a war. Bush has yet to find bin Laden. And he never will!

I agree with the person above.

The first day of the Iraqi war was when Iraq took 3 US oil contracts and gave them to the Russians and the French!

Well LeAnn, why didn't Bush stop the trade center bombings instead of look like a jackass while the trades were being hit? He had a little old report given to Ms Incompetent Rice saying "bin Laden Determined to Strike the US" And what did she do...NOTHING!!!

Iraq has nothing to do with 9/11. It has everything to do about oil!

Answer 4

I don't see what's so "fortunate" about it backfiring. I think 9/11 interfered with his plans for Iraq. From what I've read, Bush was having war plans written up as soon as he took office. When we first went to war, I along with the majority of Americans believed that we needed to go into Iraq. I think we were all duked into believing Saddam was much more of a threat than what he really was. On the other hand it really bothers me to think that so many people are happy to see our troops getting killed just because it makes Bush look bad. I never thought I would see the day Americans would be so happy to be losing a war.

Answer 5

how a lot of human beings in our government might it take to tug off 9/11? you won't be able to save all of those human beings from speaking. some thing as enormous as 9/11 could no longer be completed by some human beings on the suitable. it might take lots of non-government workers. human beings interior the defense force, air site visitors controllers and pilots. All it is the comparable as JFK, the moon landings, Waco, ECT...You couldn’t save all of those human beings somewhat!!!

Answer 6

The neocons have planned to invade iraq for years before 9/11. They blamed Saddam for the WTC bombing in 1993 and falsely linked Saddam with 9/11 and al-qadea. These chickenhawks shouldn't be in charge.

Answer 7

Do you believe as I do that Clinton failed to dispose of Saddam because he was more concerned with his legacy than America's security? He know it would be a politically divisive and unpopular policy and he avoided it like the plague. I believe Bush put America's security and safety above the political arena and did what he believed was best for the country - despite the backlash from his opponents.
Our previous policies of no effective response to the terrorists' attacks resulted in the events of 9/11. We cannot be foolish enough to believe that if we revert back to these failed policies that the Islamic militants will simply abandon their ambitions and objectives - or their tactics of indiscriminate slaughter of innocent people.

Answer 8

Well, it might have been a pretext, but I'd hate to think your idea of national security means letting them:

1) attempt the assassination of one of our Presidents.
2) invade an ally (Kuwait) to get a choke hold on the world's oil supply.
3) pay suicide bombers to kill civilians in Israel (another ally).
4) repeatedly break the cease-fire they asked for, for more than a decade while the U.N. threatened impotently to do "something serious" to Iraq.
5) repeatedly brag to their allies that they HAD WMDs and were going to get more and that they were fooling the U.S. and U.N. up to a few months before the invasion.

I suppose you would have had us just silently let it happen for another decade.

Fortunately, people like you don't run the country.

Experienced and well-informed democrats and republicans do.

Answer 9

how could you have invaded afgahnistan without the arab boogie man? when bush was govener of texas the taliban were here in houston talking about a pipeline across the country ,this goes back many years , they have always wanted afgahnistan, iraq was for the defense contractors..

Answer 10

Yep 911 was an inside job.