If Iraq did not do 9-11 then why do people say "Look what the terrorist did on 9-11"?

Question

This is their reason for being in Iraq? ( Note: When I say I'm against the Iraq war people (Conranger) will say something about the WTC.) Iraq did not do 9-11. So tell us again why we are in Iraq.

Answer 1

A while ago, Zogby interviewed troops in Iraq, and found that 85% OF TROOPS BELIEVED THEY WERE THERE TO RETALIATE FOR SADDAM'S ROLE IN 9/11!!!!

85% of troops!

This same poll showed they didn't think weapons of mass destruction was the main reason for their involvement in Iraq, even though this was, of course, the first 'justification' that was used to push the war, by the Bush administration. These high numbers of people holding wrong beliefs about the nature of their mission go beyond any propaganda doled out by mainstream media outlets, they would indicate indoctrination going on within the military itself, or an appallingly low level of education among recruits, perhaps both.

As for why we are in Iraq... well a very small but very pushy bunch of people having access to Bush/Cheney are in cahoots with big oil and/or hawkish Israelis. These people exercise huge control over the mainstream media in the U.S. (you can see William Kristol every week on Fox News, for example, chuckling about how wonderful the Iraq war has been, and giddy for another war in Iran. He was one of the PNAC members pressuring Clinton to overthrow Saddam Hussein as far back as 1998. The PNAC (Project for a New America Century) also argued that a "catalyzing and catastrophic event - a 'New Pearl Harbor'" would be helpful in bringing about the changes they envisioned, including massive increases to the defense budget, multiple-theater wars in the Middle East, and a revival of the "Star Wars" missile defense system... they published this comment about the desirability of a "New Pearl Harbor" one year before 9/11!

Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz are gone now from the Bush administration (former Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the Department of Defense); they both signed the PNAC documents that I referred to above, and were both heavily involved in pushing the Iraq invasion/occupation.

So what is William Kristol still doing on Fox News every week?

Meanwhile, they are building the largest embassy in the world, the new U.S. embassy in Iraq; it's larger than Vatican city. Is there any doubt that a permanent U.S. military presence (15 to 18 bases) was the plan all along?

As to 'why'? Well who knows what reasons a bunch of megalomaniacal nutcases give themselves for anything - these people never question their actions. These people think stability is "an unworthy goal for America" and sneer at anything which is "reality-based." In short, "they have a screw loose," in the words of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. R.I.P.
http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/story/0,,1691370,00.html#article_continue

sources:
PNAC Letter to Clinton on Iraq (1998)
http://newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm

Whose War? by Pat Buchanan - conservative American investigates those behind the current U.S. wars in the Middle East
http://www.amconmag.com/03_24_03/cover.html

Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land -
"...This pivotal documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites--oil, and a need to have a secure military base in the region, among others--work in combination with Israeli public relations strategies to exercise a powerful influence over how news from the region is reported..."
http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaRaceAndRepresentation/PeacePropaganda

Zogby Poll - Troops Signal Desire to Return Home - Christian Science Monitor
"...One surprising finding in the poll is that 85 percent of those surveyed believe that the US's main mission in Iraq is to retaliate against Saddam Hussein for his role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks...."
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0301/dailyUpdate.html

Bush Now Says What He Wouldn’t Say Before War: Iraq Had ‘Nothing’ To Do With 9/11
"President Bush was in the midst of explaining how the attacks of 9/11 inspired his “freedom agenda” and the attacks on Iraq until a reporter, Ken Herman of Cox News, interrupted to ask what Iraq had to do with 9/11. “Nothing,” Bush defiantly answered. Watch it."
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/21/bush-on-911/

Massive New Embassy in Iraq Flaunts US Power, Critics Say
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0415-07.htm

Answer 2

Hey, you should watch the documentary "Loose Change" about 9/11. It's very interesting... not very popular... but interesting nonetheless. I'm not into conspiracy theories, but it will definitely make you think.

Also, That Operation Iraqi Freedom was initially going to be Operation Iraqi Liberation, until someone realized the acronym was O.I.L.? :p

Lastly, everyone has the right to their own opinion. I don't think the public will EVER be privy to the actual reasoning behind the Iraqi War, so all we can do is speculate... and remember... no matter WHAT your opinion on our government and our reasons, the members of the US Armed Forces are out there anyway. They were told to go-- they WENT. They need our love and support no matter what, because they don't have the luxury of sitting here debating whether we should or should not be in Iraq.

Answer 3

Okay, first of all, Iraq, as we have found out had nothing to do with 9/11/01.

At the time though, according to US intelligence, Saddam was suspected of harboring Al Qaeda terrorists, and funding Al Qaeda. This was one of the initial thoughts about 6 years ago. This theory by the US seemed to be completely made up, mainly because the US did not have ANY intelligence officers in Iraq. The theory couldn't have been any more wrong, in fact, Saddam had made it a goal to eliminate or exile any extremists, terrorists, or dissenters.

A second theory was that Saddam had recently acquired Weapons of Mass Destruction. Before September 11, 2001, Saddam was having a lot of trouble controlling his country due to the economic collapse after the Gulf war and the Iran-Iraq war. There were many riots in his country as the Shiites started to fight Saddam for control. Because of this, Saddam put down the opposition groups using force, and then Saddam attempted to acquire a BRUTAL reputation amongst the Iraqis, a person who would NOT back down. When the UN asked Saddam to reveal the supposed nuclear plants, Saddam refused, trying to keep his image amongst the Iraqis, and to show that he would not back down from the international community. Saddam then kicked out all weapons inspectors from his country.

This made many countries worried, especially the US, although the UN decided it didn't have enough evidence of any nuclear weapons being produced. Before the Iraq war began, the CIA decided to plant intelligence officers in Iraq and use parts of the dissenting Iraqi intelligence to help for an assassination of Saddam via US satellite guided bombs from military jets. This backfired and the CIA was quickly discovered by Saddam. Because of this, the US immediately went to war within Iraq and defeated Iraq's army.

Now another interesting point is that A.Q. Khan, a Pakistani scientist who worked in a Western nuclear power plant stole nuclear material. He set up an organization that helped Pakistan to create their first bomb. He also sold nuclear material ilegally. One of his customers would have been Iraq, but Saddam refused to buy, thinking it was a giant trap set by the UN. The CIA learned about ALL of this information BEFORE 9/11/01 from what I understand.

Answer 4

Ask **** Cheney. lol Drew Blood under, by way of fact the assaults have been blamed on Osama Bin encumbered who grew to become into living in Afghanistan and because Iraq had no longer something to do with 9/11 so it took a good at the same time as longer for them to come back up with the bullshit tale mandatory to cajole individuals and the international that invading Iraq grew to become right into a ought to with a view to maintain the international a non violent place. i think it relatively is why the wars are over and terrorism is destroyed practically seven years later huh? i think subsequently Osama Bin encumbered and his team have been apprenhended and are at present on death row anticipating execution definite?

Answer 5

Because they were misled or didnt listen.the terrorists who attacked the USA 9/11 were from Saudi and Afganastan Bushg misled the US on who the real attackers were,for several reasons one being oil ties with Saudi and the other a personal vandetta against Saddam for threatening the former pres.Bush 'life.I raq had nothing to do with 9/11.I am not saying Saddam was a good guy by no means but he had nothing to do with the 9/11 attack on the US bottom lines Bush lied.

Answer 6

Although i m from a different country, I totally agree wid " lossims2kbien ". As an outsider, I feel Mr. Bush planned to attack Iraq coz he wanted a revenge..and this revenge became a costly one for both Iraq as well as The US. My only wishes are that this bloodshed be stopped as soon as possible .There is already enough blood-shed of the innoncent's. Lets hope and pray for a better World.

Answer 7

Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 Bin Ladin did he is in Afghanistan, we have 19,000 troops in that war and a 150,000 in Iraq fighting Bush's war for oil.
North Korea poses a bigger threat than the whole Middle East put together. Bush likes to pick on weak countries, He has no wish to face North Korea's 1 Million man army and its Nuclear weapons.

Answer 8

Wow!! you really must like the taste of Chili.

You have no idea what you are talking about when it comes to terrorism even back in the late 60's and 70's terrorist attacks were being carried out in European Cities by terrorist groups as favors for other terrorists groups, example Japanese terrorists hit Athens Airport as a favor for the R.A.F. faction of Germany, Carlos "the jackal" regularly was aided and supplied by terrorist networks around the globe in his attacks.
You seem to be of the misguided assumption because there was no direct physical Iraqi involvement in 9/11, then Iraq is innocent, but there is evidence that Saddam and his regime were funding terrorists in the region.

You live in a Black & White world and ignore all the Grey in between.

Answer 9

We're in Iraq because George Bush said, "They have weapons of mass destruction" But they didn't. I believe, as do some others, being in Iraq was that Bush wanted to get revenge on Iraq for a (supposedly) assassination attempt on his father, George Herbert Walker Bush, which was (supposedly) foiled. Iraq didn't do anything in 9/11, only terrorists have to do with 9/11...don't go getting confused with that.

Answer 10

Eruidiot....

Because your thinking in countries, not people.

Its the Islamic fundamentalist movement.

With Iraq at least we will have Iran surrounded and have a beachhead in that area to project power.

Let me ask you this....Why do you care about Iraq at all? Its not your country, and its not like you actually care about members of the US Armed Forces. You do not care about Iraqi civilians.

So why do you care?

Answer: your warped political beliefs.

Btw 9/11 happened because Bill Clinton dismantled the CIA over the course of 8 years, he got into office and then did nothing foreign policy wise with the exception of Somalia which he was forced into because the outgoing President Bush had already ordered that operation.

If Bill Clinton had not dismantled the CIA and our military for 8 years then we would have had the foreign intelligence ability to stop that attack before it took place.

Hence people like yourself start wars, not end them. This statement is true each and every time.