Is'nt that the reason for the war in Iraq
2007-12-13 12:09:07 · 8 answers · asked by jeffwey m 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Bush changed his mind when that ploy didn't work out. Now it's bringing democracy to Iraq.
2007-12-13 12:13:35 · answer #1 · answered by Zardoz 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It was about the second or third reason given.
First it was terrorism. The bush administration tried, & failed, to link Saddam to Al Qaeda. Then we realized Saudi Arabia had more to do with it. (we did have bases in Saudi at that time, & an U.S. doctor had his hand blown of by a mail bomb while I was deployed there in early '01.)
Then after we realize that none, NONE, of the hi-jackers were Iraqi, we had to rethink the justification. We knew that Iraq had WMD, (the word had is past tense w/ no real context to time frame.) & didn't have any proof they had gotten rid of it all. Then again, you also run into the problem of how do you prove you don't have something?
I do believe that Iraq gave the inspectors the run around. N. Korea is doing the exact same thing, but then again what other options do you have as a 3rd world country? We weren't (still aren't) friends. Why should they share?
I truly feel the decision to invade Iraq was made about 5 minutes after the first plane hit during WTC2. We just needed a reason.
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F0876...., The kurds were the unfortunate result of Iranian aggression in northern Iraq during the late stages of that war. (one article, I think it was Encarta, even said the Kurds actually helped Iran's invasion, but I haven't been able to find that since '03) Iraq had previously saught UN help in resolving the conflict, but that never happened. Both sides were drafting women, children, & the elderly. It was a matter minimizing damage to the Iraqi people & ending the war. (kinda like Heroshima & Nagasaki)
2007-12-13 12:18:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, although a lot of propagandists will tell you that.
The United States went to war with Iraq because Saddam Hussein was considered to be a threat to security because of his open financing of terrorism and his hatred of the United States.
Since Saddam Hussein had used WMDs against both Iraqi citizens and Iranian military forces AND since the intelligence community that President Clinton assembled during his term in office believed that Saddam Hussein was maintaining stockpiles of Chemical weapons as well as the potential for developing biological weapons the possibility of Saddam Hussein supplying terrorists with WMDs was a concern.
The only reason propagandists claim WMD's were the reason for the war is because the stock piles Clinton's intelligence services claimed were in Iraq were not in Iraq.
2007-12-13 12:41:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
They've used chemical weapons in the last year. There is no war in Iraq.
2007-12-13 12:14:20 · answer #4 · answered by DOOM 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the reason for the war in Iraq had to do with the biggest WMD in the world. It resides on Pennsylvania Avenue...
2007-12-13 12:24:28 · answer #5 · answered by rare2findd 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
you mean all the chemical weapons saddam used the kurds as target practice for?
2007-12-13 12:13:41 · answer #6 · answered by f0876and1_2 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There weren't any found when people began to question it.
Now, what I want to know is -
Is there like a class that Iraqi kids take on how to build a car bomb?
It seems like they all know how to do it...
2007-12-13 12:15:39 · answer #7 · answered by rabble rouser 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You mean the ones that the US provided him with in the 80's? He used them all up before we got there.
2007-12-13 12:14:35 · answer #8 · answered by tele-mon 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋