Who was behind the Iraq's war?
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Gee....could it have been Saddam Hussein?  He did kill hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians and openly threaten both the United States and Israel.  How can you blame George Bush for starting the war?  I mean, can you blame the cop for arresting a murderer?  Nope, you blame the murderer!
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Totally agree.  Ever since oil was discovered in the Middle East, the most powerful men and nations on the earth have lusted over the area.  They have bribed leaders, propped up dictators like Saddam, manipulated and cajoled the nations and the people endlessly.  The Saudi  Prince, spiritual leader of the Islamic World, seems to have his own agenda along with all the other players, and this  all  combines to make the mess in Iraq we see today.  That the people of Iraq could be free to chose their own destiny is almost a laughable concept, as they haven't ever been free, and it doesn't look like anyone will leave them alone long enough to figure it out for themselves, if indeed that is what we are really doing there.
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In a very real sense, the U.N. is responsible for the United States having to go to war with Iraq.\n\nFrance, Germany, and Russia were getting bribed by Saddam Hussein though big payments siphoned from the Oil For Food program.  This is why these three countries were so against going to war.  They didn't want the cash flow to stop.\n\nSo, once again the UN Screwed us!\n\nSince you're interested in this topic, buy Eric Shawn's new book, The U.N. Exposed
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A. The president, his followers, and any people who follow blindly.\n\nB. As many of you know, war is BIG BUSINESS, and profit is huge for many private companies during war times. Think of it: companies get contracted to supply guns, armor(whether the soldiers get it or not), artillery, bombs, food, water, tents, uniforms, communications equipment, and even gas that our vehicles run on. Also, private contractors have been hired to rebuild parts of Iraq. While war costs an unbelievable amount of money (paid through taxes, tariffs, etc.), an even bigger amount stands to be made by private corporations. Sickening really.
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I wonder who really believes Iraq had weapons of mass destruction(WMD). Supposedly, the americans went to war to prevent Saddam from giving WMD to terrorists.  No WMD has been found, meaning either the iraqis never had WMD or somehow, the terrorists got the weapons. The american population was misled, not the government.  The government always had the reports saying Iraq had no WMD.  At the same time, there was a conflict about nuclear programs with North Korea.  Here they do have nuclear weapons.  Weird I don't see american troops in N. Korea.  So, was it for oil?  Definitely YES.\n\nIs it worth it?  Oil price has never been so high because constant supply from Iraq is not available.  Ask the families of the soldiers who died in that war, if it is worth it?  Ask the families of everyone else (workers or diplomats) who has died or been kidnapped if it is worth it?  Ask the American people who pay billions as tax money to support the military, if it is worth it?  \n\nThis war has been a complete failure.  There is only one reason:  The war was not necessary.
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How can I say this so the some of the people answering this question will understand. IRAQ WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOT THE 9/11 ATTACKS AND NEITHER WAS AFGHANISTAN.\n\nIs that clear enough? Now given that they weren't responsible, whay are they being invaded? What could they possibly have that the US wnats? Oh my gosh! shock! horror! it's oil. Of course the US is stealing Iraqi resources.
979663
Not much different ... Iraq is a tough call though ...I think that the collection of advisors and administration personnel who were in this Whitehouse in 2002-2003 sent us to war there.  In a Quale administration it would be a safe bet to say that most of those folks would be in his administration as well.  What the outcome would have been is a different story.
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He's a WAR president and he has said that himself.  He likes going to war to resolve his problems.  Ask yourself this.  WHY are we in Iraq?  Did Saddam Hussain have ANYTHING to do with the terror on the USA? He's trying to be like his father.
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For everyone who says that Iraq had nothing to do with 9&#92;11. \nWe are fighting a war on terrorism and there is no single country that we are fighting. The terrorists are based and&#92; or supported  in many ways and operate independently of each other but they all have the same goal. Afghanistan was a host country, Iran supports them with money and equipment, Saddam paid $$ for suicide bombers and had training camps. Syria is also a sponsor. \nThe point is that while Saddam may not have been directly involved with 9&#92;11, he was a part of the bigger problem and had to be dealt with sooner or later. The terrorists are a network and need to be taken down wherever we find them.
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Gotta be Iraq.........hence The United States and Great Britain invading it!
1048535
The Iraq war was a farce. Big oil is the answer!
881843
Whilst both were supported by America, only Saddam threatened the oil supply. I believe that is why Saddam was hated by America. They have supported quite a lot of dictators in the past.
885255
the Saudi,s are George Bush's personal friends.the war in Iraq has always been about Saudi Arabia.that is the exact reason for the length of the war.this is why we didn't leave after Saddam was out of power and found no weapons.the longer this war goes on,all the countries who were buying oil from Iraq will keep buying from Saudi Arabia.go check it out .since the war began the Saudi's can hardly keep up with supplying everyone.they are raking it in and are the only ones.this is also the reason Bush keeps prolonging Afghanistan.also the reason he is always talking about attacking Syria and Iran,wants to handle North Korea diplomatically.N.Korea is no oil competition for Saudi Arabia.glad to see people are finally catching on to the Saudi connection.good job.
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To build a reason for attacking Iraq
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Iraq was full of waring tribes before we got there.  It's like Spainish troops invading America during our civil war, picking a side and fighting for that side.  What business would it be of Spain??  Especially if they sided with the "wrong" side.  Not saying we are, just that we don't have the right to be the world police, especially under unfounded circumstances.  It's too late now, and now we [the troops directly] gotta deal with it.  Poor decision making skills.\n\nThe answer to your question.... Iraq would be basically in the same situation they've been in for years.  Maybe with a different outlook though.  However, the US would be blamed for all of it, cause "no one" really seemed to care about what was going on in Iraq (for Iraq) before we invaded.  Part of it is our fault..... but hey... I didn't vote for Bush... twice.
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Saddam Hussein was a young man who was angry at the Iraqi monarchy (installed by the british).  He hooked up with the socialist Ba'ath party based in syria.  The Ba'athists were devout anti imperial and anti-communist.  The USA, fearing communist influence in iraqi politics after the toppling of iraq by general Qassim, trained and funded a group of Ba'athist members including Saddam, and helped them execute a bloody coup that killed Qassim.  They were chased out of Iraq by an angry populace in 1963 and regrouped later in 1968 and finally managed to take power during iraq's turbulent years.  Saddam was only VP at the time but was the main power base of iraq.  In 1973 Saddam angered the USA by participating in the oil embargo after the yom kippur war, but quickly became friends again after the Iranian Revolution toppled the Pro-USA Shah Pahlavi.  Saddam Hussein saw the disorganization of the Iranian Revolutionary Government and saw it as an opportunity to defeat Iran, which was the biggest military power in the middle east at the time, even bigger than israel.   Saddam Hussein had taken power as president in 1979 and went on an internal purge of suspected anti-baath elements.  Dozens of iraqi lawmakers were killed or jailed.  The Iran-Iraq war went on for nearly a decade from 1980-1988.  The United States had a hand in making sure neither side won because of concerns about a power vacuum.  Early in the war the USA helped iraq with intelligence and shipments of chemical weapons precursors.  later on the USA began selling spare parts and advanced missiles to Iran.  This was called the "Reagan Iran-Contra Scandal" where the president sold advanced american missiles to iran, took the profits and illegally funnelled them to the contra terrorists in central america.  Both sides used chemical weapons, and both regularly attacked each others cities with ballistic missiles.  After the end of the war, iraq was a broken, debt riddled nation.  Iraq's reason for invading kuwait in 1990 was complaints of kuwait overselling oil and slant-drilling into iraqi oil fields (both true).  The USA tricked saddam into attacking kuwait by proclaiming they had no special defence agreemnent with kuwait.  The USA went to war with iraq in hopes of toppling saddam and restoring the kuwaiti dictatorship.  12 years of postwar UN sanctions followed, and in 2003 George W. Bush decided to attack iraq without provocation, giving false justification of WMD as a reason.  The war continues to this day and the insurgency grows.  American soldiers are dying at a rate of 2 to 3 per day and the country is riddled with ethnic divisions and a looming civil war.   Saddam was captured but it has had no effect on the growing rebellion.
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wow,thats amazeing, wot a contrast .....i knew haliburotn were in iraq to grab iraqi oil for its own purposes and not to help with the reconstruction.