Why did America and Britain go into Iraq ?

Question

If Iraq posed ne threat to the west and had on weapons of mass destruction why did it invide Iraq and caused so much loss of life on both sides ?

Answer 1

Oil.

Answer 2

They went in because they truly believed that Iraq posed a serious threat, and has weapons of mass destruction that could be used within 45 minutes.

We all believed it then, and we all still do now. Honest.

The real reason they went in was regime change (and oil). However, the United Nations prevent wars from being started on the basis of regime change (or oil), so Uncle George and Uncle Tony had to think of another excuse.

I was so much better for the people of Iraq when that nice man Saddam was in charge. The world was obviously a much safer place, and thousands of people weren't being slaughtered in Iraq by Mr Hussein and his cronies.

Now, how about sorting out a few more countries who treat their own people appallingly, and have dreadful human rights records. Zimbabwe. Burma. China. North Korea. Iran. The list goes on and on.

I think what this war shows is that, no matter how good the reasons, you can't just walk into another country, and expect that country to accept your norms and values. Change takes time, and cannot be done with a view bombs, tanks and machine guns.

Answer 3

Bush had to attack someone for the 9/11 incident,,,Saudi Arabia would have been the natural choice as Bin Laded was born there as was all his family and all of the terrorists who hijacked the 4 planes(or was that 3 as the one that hit the Pentagon didn`t),,Afghanistan had the Taliban and was supporting the terrorists and Iran was also on the list but Iraq held the land that the oil pipe line was to go through from the gas and oil fields from the Caucuses...so i guess they were just in the way at the time...
If you havn`t already watched it then "Fahrenheit 9/11"film by Michael Moore will give you many answers

Answer 4

A naive attempt to shift the playing field of geopolitics and take control of strategically vital oil but also to create what is called a "Flypaper Strategy" for al Qaeda.

The fallacy of the flypaper strategy is that what has really been created is a training ground for the vastly increased recruiting by al Qaeda that uses our presence as a *cause celeb* to acquire more recruits globally than it is losing in Iraq.

Answer 5

because bush is greedy and wants oil from iraq instead of trading like most countries do, i.e. russia and england. the UK just decided to join and back up the US, i think that blair was being a botty-hugger to bush personally.

Answer 6

America went in because George Bush is a self-righteous, thick, greedy git and as for Tony Blair...well he went in because he did everything George told him to do.

Answer 7

To make George Dubyah's daddy happy

Answer 8

America went in for the fuel and britain went in cause tony blair is spineless and wanted to suck up americas a s s

Answer 9

Because George and Tony fancied eachother and wanted to exert their male testerone!

Answer 10

It was because the Iraqi government had persisted in supporting terrorists from other countries, had attacked its neighbors before, and had had and used WMD in the recent past. 9/11 had sensitized the US population and others to the fact that terrorists can and will attack anywhere, and can be just as dangerous as an enemy nation.

Answer 11

ask George W Bush