2007-10-24 03:56:32 · 7 answers · asked by TroubleMaker 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Keeping America safe, and the savages at bay.
2007-10-24 04:02:51 · answer #1 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Oil could only have been one of the Nations reasons for own national interest. We have no control over the assets of the oil the Iraqis do. Posturing for an attack on Iran is unlikely because we cannot provide a war on three fronts. We could have prior to the massive cutbacks to the military several years ago but not now. I believe the answer is genuinely simple just as it appears without conspiracy, we did it to protect our troops stationed in the No Fly Zone, the Iraqi people, and the belief that the impression Saddam wanted everyone to think in reference to WMDs. In hindsight should we have? No, it was a mistake. What we do now is make the best of the current status for both us and Iraqis (which we have and will continue to do).
2007-10-24 04:10:11 · answer #2 · answered by rance42 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The invasion/occupation of Iraq was to give the U.S. strategic military positioning in the Middle East. Sabre rattling at Iran.? I'm still trying to figure that one out. Maybe it is the next step(in their minds) after the invasion/occupation of Iraq?
2007-10-24 04:13:12 · answer #3 · answered by gone 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Iraq war is just another pay off. Haliburton, KBR and lockheed spent billions of dollars to get Bush into office, for one reason and that is War. They profit off the lives of American troops and Iraqi civilians. Afghanistan-Iraq-Iran, they work em like stepping stones, Once the public moral gets low they drum up new threats to fuel support for this war so they can keep it going and keep making billions of dollars.
2007-10-24 04:07:31 · answer #4 · answered by MattMan 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It serves a lot of purposes for a lot of various interests, such as more money for Defense Contractors. But I'd like to point out that the reason the Neocons pushed to invade Iraq and now want to invade Iran is that they want to use US muscle to fight Israel's enemies for them.
2007-10-24 04:03:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
well the easy answer is oil...
But the truth is....it's not about "stealing oil", it's about controlling the flow.
Iraqi oil is vital to the expansion of globalization efforts by big corporations in Great Britain, China, and the US. The war will end up costing trillions to taxpayers..., but that is pennies compared to the amount of money to be made by globalization in the new markets of developing countries.
We don't need Iraqi oil for ourselves per se... We need it to expand the influence of our nations largest banks and corporations in the developing world. The economies of those developing countries will continue to rely heavily on cheap fossil fuels for the next 100 years. ....meanwhile we will begin to phase out our dependence on it...thus we retain our economic and subsequently our military superiority in the world.
People think in such small terms....
They either think the war was to spread democracy, peace, security, or to get rid of Saddam....or they think it's just about the oil.
The truth is, it's about telecom companies, it's about energy companies, it's about emerging investment opportunities in developing nations...it's about the spread of capitalism.
Walmart, J.P. Morgan, Starbucks, and Taco Bell in Afghanistan ??...you betcha !...all of the other reasons are merely secondary objectives.
2007-10-24 04:12:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
to take over oil production and refining industries and provide such oilfield supply giants as Halliburton with long term contracts. As far as Iran goes, there won't be an attack, at least not from the States
2007-10-24 04:01:49 · answer #7 · answered by krasnoglaz 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋