Why is the United States fighting in Iraq?
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because baby bush wanted to finish what daddy bush didn't \nand oil\n\nrevenge for what  jordanepstein2007? I know some stupid people believe that Iraq had something to do with 911 but they did not, don't be so ignorant!
785407
This is a very good question, and should have been asked by President Bush before he went charging into a country he had no business going into in the first place.\n\nOriginally I would have answered this question under the assumption that it would be someone the United States decided would be able to play both sides of the political fence.  Someone who would appear to be acting in the best interests of Iraqis, while remembering and acting in the best interests of the country that put them in power; United States.\n\nLately, however, I think the answer is very diferent.  First of all because I think the United States has lost any control of the situation it might have had at one points and I think it has come to the point now where Iraq has clearly demonstrated that it does not want the kind of democracy that the United States would like to impose on it.  The power will ultimately end up in the hands of the clerics that are still fighting over power.  I no longer believe a democracy is possible in Iraq. That is the fault of the United States. The very thing that the United States saught to bring to the Iraqi people is being taken away from them by the very presence of the United States. Democracy is now being associated with the bloodshed and horrible living conditions that have been brought about by the United States invasion of Iraq, and although the United States is far from what is an ideal Democracy, it remains the symbol of democracy by it's own pompous proclimations. People don't want any part of that.  Although there are many advantages of Democracy, the Iraqi people are not seeing it.  They see only the downside of what the West has to offer.
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to turn a US enemy into a democratic US ally. to turn Iraq into a US freindly country.
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Well mochita, I believe that we have a war on our hands. As we have painfully come to learn is that one of the greatest weapons to use in a war against an opposing country is to attack its economy, and further to destabilize the fabric of its society.\nThese concerns for international security are the prime motives for the war in Iraq.\nIf we may only try to remember that Iraq's, or rather Saddam Hussein's intentions when he decided to invade Kuwait was for the reason of controlling the export and price of oil through its seaports.\nAlso a main reason for Saddam's decision is Kuwaits geographical location from where Saddam intended to intercept any trade that would issue through this waterway, and I believe it is the mouth of the Red Sea; however, if I am in error please advise me.\nIn my opinion the crisis that our economy is causing for our country are tactics of multiplier effects.\nWe have to conserve our trade routes and partners and this has already cost us billions.\nAdd to that the loss of human life of our loved ones cannot be ignored.\nI could go on forever laying out the reasons for the cause of this war and why my approval of such a war; I however am a much older and more experienced person than many of our citizens and who has learned to try to see and not to only look.\nDo not become angry or spiteful because we are at war. Just try to keep up with as much reliable information that you can and thusly continue to learn under a good shade.  Jose
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Gotta be Iraq.........hence The United States and Great Britain invading it!
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Terrorists generally don't have turf. At most, they have small compounds out in the wilderness, kind of like local militia groups.\n\nWe're not fighting terrorists in Iraq, and only partially in Afghanistan. We're fighting against two or more sides of a multi-way civil war. \n\nThere is no proof that what we're doing in Iraq will have any effect on terrorist activities outside Iraq, and no evidence that if we weren't there those people whould be doing anything outside Iraq. Even the Pentagon admits that Iraqis weren't the primary terrorists in any attacks outside Iraq over the past decade. So there's no support for the argument that by fighting them in Iraq we're preventing them from attacking somewhere else.\n\nWe're not fighting terrorists on their own turf now. We're fighting someone else entirely, and the terrorists who are going to attack overseas are already probably overseas. That's the problem.
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I'm unaware that Bush has ever attacked a country without a reason. The only countries America has ever fought with during the Bush administration were Iraq and Afhganistan, in which we had many reasons to be there. What are you talking about? Are you stoned?
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in my eyes, we are in Iraq because of the terorists. everyday suicide bombers kill two or three people and wound 2 times as more. Also US is there to make Iraq a Democratic Government and make it an Allie , then in future wars Iraq is going to help USA.
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Control of oil is the primary motivation for this war. It’s why Iraq was a target for war. It’s why the U.S. supported Saddam Hussein in the 1970s and ’80s when he was an ally and a friend--when Donald Rumsfeld met with him in Baghdad. It’s why the U.S. is going to occupy Iraq until it can impose a government that’s suitable to U.S. interests. And it’s why Iran and Syria are now in the crosshairs.
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Im wondering what terrorists u are talking about\nThe war in Iraq is a CIVIL WAR.....Iraq is fighting against themselves....only about 5% of the players are foreign..... The United States are in the middle of it....... last month over 100 americans died..... and for what??  President Bush said that we are winning the war because we havent been attacked IN THE US since 9/11/01.... well before that we were attacked in 1993....... all those years between we werent at war in Iraq, so that arguement doesnt fly.\nwe need to get out of iraq and let them fight each other..... when they finish then we can go back and help them.... until then we are just cannon fodder......... u cant change an idea with a gun
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we're not at war with Irak\n\n\nwe're actually at war with IRAQ, though.
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USA is bogged down in IRAQ
467933
Because US wasn't looking for chemical weapons in Iraq. Bush just needed an excuse to invade Iraq to get control of the loads of oil located there.
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Fight. People have been fighting against occupiers for thousands of years. The IRA fought against British occupation. Palestinians are still fighting against Israeli occupation. Afghans fought against Soviet occupation (with support of many countries, including the US). Americans fought against British occupation. France, the Netherlands and Denmark had "The Resistance" fighting against the Nazi's in WW II. The Scotch fought against British occupation, as did groups in India, Israel and Egypt.\n\n"Insurgency" is a clever term being used to describe the current fighting in Iraq, although inaccurate. An insurgency is "a rebellion or uprising against the government". The "insurgents" are not fighting against "their government", they are fighting against a government forced on them by an occupying force.\n\nThe Iraqis are no more "insurgents" than the Americans were in the late 1700's.
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This is not a good question. I would say define the fight that you see in the Muslim World, and I'll be able to tell you why you have the fight. \nIf Iraq is what you have on your mind, then Iraq has a large segment of Shia Muslims that were oppressed over the course of Sadam Hussein (who happened to be a Sunni, and who oppressed Sunnis as well) rule, and now the US enabled the Shia to claim power in Iraq. With that said now you have 3 reasons for fighting in Iraq:\n1- Getting the invaders (the US from the prospect of some Iraqis) out. \n2- Those who want to keep the old statuesque (mainly sunnis)\n3- Reprisal killings conducted by Death Squads (some infiltrating the current Interior Ministry) and those have been links to Shia factions taking out mostly Sunnis.\nHope that gives you a little bit of detail on the Iraqi situation.\n\nOne more element you need to take into account,  if I come out say "Christians in America are fighting each other, see what the Christian Eric Rudolph did to the abortion clinic run by fellow Christians, or see what the FBI Christian agents did to the Christians in Branch Davidian", I would not call these comments fair nor responsible. Muslims around the World who worship the one Creator of the Heavens and the Earth ought to get the same  fair and responsible treatment from the Christians in the West.
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The reason why we went to war in Afghanistan is that we are trying to get Osama bin Laden.\nThe reason we went to war in Iraq? "Oil"
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When we are working towards peace, tolerance and stability, why should we encourage people to divide? Its the US that is fueling the clashes because they want to see a bleeding Iraq to secure oil supplies!!