Iraq is a strategic area with lots of oil and an easy govt to topple. This sounds like a more realistic reason to go to war rather than the possible WMD threat. Question, why dosen't the media consider this topic.
2007-12-11 13:12:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I've always thought that we entered Iraq as much to establish a military base so we could fire on Iran at will. the media doesn't cover it because it makes sense and they want the whole Iraq war to look like a stupid decision.
2007-12-11 13:18:22 · answer #1 · answered by Whittaker Chambers 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
absolutely... even though it wasn't a democracy, Iraq had the only stable secular regime in the region, for example women did not have to wear veils. With that gone now it's become factionalized and religion is taking it over, and now women wear veils. Since the terrorism threat to the US came from religious extremists, destroying the major secular government in the region outside of Israel was obviously not to do with WMD at all.
The war was about oil and power. The Russian firm Lukoil had a deal to develop a "supergiant oilfield" called West Qurna, now that contract has been cancelled and the deal will be put out to international (=US) bidders.
The US encouraging the formation of an independent Kurdistan also boils down to the issue of power- an independent Kurdistan is about taken power away form Turkey, Iraq and Iran.
The worst thing is that this power and oil has been bought with the blood of American soldiers.
2007-12-11 22:49:59 · answer #2 · answered by *ellie* 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most people realize that it has nothing to do with Terror. When asked "what's the link between 9-11 and Iraq, even Bush said in a news conference last spring "nothin".
The "media", at least the large networks are controlled by the rich. They tell you what they want to tell you.
Find "Democracy Now" on your radio or TV. late-night on NPR radio, or FSTV on your cable channel. They don't speak for Murdoch or Fox or the CIA.
2007-12-11 22:24:24 · answer #3 · answered by Hgldr 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good idea, that. Invade a foreign land with no provocation and when you have no legal right to do so because you want a foothold in that region of the world (energy you know) - oh, yea, and so you can loot and rebuilt it via lucrative contracts. Then say is because of WMDs, Saddam's brutality (was long an ally of US), bringing democracy at the point of a gun etc. etc.
2007-12-11 21:56:25 · answer #4 · answered by gortamor 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure, it's kind of nice to know what's going on over there. If we had had any one close over there in the first place, maybe none of this would of took place in the first place! Knowledge is the key to all.
2007-12-11 21:48:11 · answer #5 · answered by Alice C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you bet ye.
2007-12-11 21:43:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋