Question...? If Bin Laden and company were responsible to the World Trade Center bombing...?

Question

how come we went to Iraq and took down Saddam? Now that we took him out...why are we still there and there appears to be little to no effort to find Bin Laden. So why are we still in Iraq? Saddam's dead and with no WMD's found.

Answer 1

Bush was planning his war in Iraq since his first cabinet meeting.

Dick Cheney had Iraqi oilfield maps at his Energy Summit.

The neo-cons at the PNAC, including Cheney, Bush's brother, and many Bush insiders, said that America needed another Pearl Harbor to push the American public behind their plan to invade Iraq that they had tried to get Clinton into.

Bin Laden and Saddam were both allies of Reagan and Bush's daddy.

The Bush administration gave the Taliban $47 million dollars in May, 2001-just 4 months before 9/11.

Bush referred to the 9/11 attacks as "hitting the TRIFECTA".

He immediately tried to use 9/11 as his "new pearl harbor" so he could start his war in Iraq, but the CIA said there was no connection to Iraq so the was started in Afghanistan instead.

Then the Anthrax terrorists, that are still on the loose in America, attacked some "liberals". ON AMERICAN SOIL AFTER 9/11.

The Bush administration then manipulated to intelligence to start his war in Iraq.

Iran is next on the Neo-Con's agenda.

Iraq is on one side. Afghanistan is on the other.

They are being used as staging grounds to start Bush's next war.

The PNAC wants to control all the oil-just like Hitler tried to do.

Answer 2

We went into Afghanistan FIRST...where Al Qaeda and bin Laden were (then) headquartered. IF bin Laden is still alive, he is most likely in the mountains of Pakistan and that is a sovereign nation that has been our ally. We cannot just go in there to get him. Even if he is still alive, bin Laden is only the face of al Qaeda. It would be a mistake to think that he is the primary target. Killing/capturing him would be a great emotional victory, but it would not be the end of the war on terror.

If you remember, Bush also said that we would go after terrorism and organizations/governments that supported them...wherever they may be. Hussein was NOT responsible for 9/11, but he definitely supported terrorist activity. But regardless of what you think of the Iraqi war, we cannot leave until the area is stabilized...it is really as simple as that.

Answer 3

After 9/11, we invaded Afghanistan for the purpose of finding Bin Laden. We also became more and more aware of other foreign dangers that posed a threat to America, especially possible terrorist hideouts in the Middle East. Iraq was one of those places, especially with a ruler as dangerous as Hussein. We went in there to find "weapons of mass destruction" but found none, but it is seen as too late to pull out now, when we created a mess of a country and have to "fix it" - whether that's even possibly is, in my mind, doubtful.

Answer 4

THAT is the best question ever. The answer - George W.Bush. History will show that he is one of the most ineffectual presidents ever. Iraq was nothing more than a personal family vendetta which he masqueraded to compensate for 9/11. Good news? He's done ruining our country in 15 months.

Answer 5

The attacks of 9/11 caused the people and leaders of the US to realize how vulnerable we are to terrorist attacks, and the importance of preventive action. First the US largely neutralized Osama's ability to attack; then it decided to take out the terrorist regime in Iraq, which was supporting various terrorist groups worldwide. This gave notice to other terrorists that we aren't sitting ducks anymore.
This is not like a criminal investigation in which you try to catch the perpetrator and punish him. This is a case of war and policy, to prepare for and prevent further attacks.

Answer 6

Today right is wrong and wrong is right -- ask Bush, he will tell you.