Why are we in Iraq if we blamed Afghanistan for 911?
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We didnt blame afghanistan, alqaeda claimed responsibility and subsequent videos showed the hijackers meeting with bin laden. the Taliban harbored alqaeda, so we took the war to them for harboring people who killed our citizens.\n\nWe went into Iraq because of the 1% doctrine. In a war post 9-11 we couldnt tolerate the remote possibility of a rogue regime (like Iraq) providing WMDs or other specialized weaponry to groups like alqaeda. If there were even a 1% possibility that Iraq would transfer weapons to alqaeda, for use against the US, then that risk would have to be mitigated. if America had not acted, and Iraq had given technology to alqaeda (they did have a terrorist training camp at salman pak (near baghdad) complete with a 727 fuselage, used in terrorist training)) then no one would have forgiven the US administration, and would have claimed that Bush hadnt done enough to protect them. bush went on the offensive, and erred on the side of caution. at the time, everyone from the russians, to the french, to the Egyptians said that iraq had WMD and a desire to give it to groups to use it against the US and its allies and interests in the world.\n\nit made sense, hindsight is 20/20, especially when you dont understand geo-politics, and the need to defend your country in a time of war.
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Not really. In fact, the current occupation of Iraq doesn't have anything to do with the reason we went over in the first place.\n\nWe're doing nothing more than baby-sitting the country, and acting as its local police force, while it's in the middle of a civil war. There is no evidence, none, that says anything we're doing there has any effect on global terrorism. It's purely politics and empire-building.
805586
There aren't car bombs going off and US servicemen paying the ultimate sacrifice every day in Afghanistan. Bad news sells. Plus, even the liberal media knows Afghanistan was necessary, they just don't see Iraq in the same light.
716934
I think the last time I heard we have 13,000 troops in Afghanistan... not nearly enough to deal with the actual area that the terroists are located... \n\nmeanwhile we have like 150,000 last time I heard in Iraq... which is not near any terrorist hq... \n\nmaybe we shouldn't have cut and run from Afghanistan... where the majority of the terrorists are... maybe we just created a hot bed for terrorists while we're off trying to solve secrarian violence in Iraq?
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I so agree with you bro, I went to Iraq in 2004 and I was in Baghdad for a year. I'm currently in college and I love my country and I love the army, but Iraq was a huge mistake It's a fucking mess over there. I hope american leaders will wake up and realize the sooner we leave the better, because its only gonna get worse over there. I prey that no more of our countrys children will have to endure anymore torture over there because this war doesn't benefit anyone. BRING THE TROOPS HOME, and OBAMA FOR 2008.
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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.
601605
Last time I checked, we didn't turn Afghanistan into complete chaos.  Besides, isn't that where Osama is?  And isn't he the REAL threat, not Hussein?
1037508
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"
420341
if you find out please tell me. i also wonder why do we keep refeing to 9/11? i hate the song "have you forgotten" NO! i havent forgotten thats why i wanna know why are we in Iraq instead of chasin bin laden? ohhh thats right, were there so bush could fill his daddys dream... With all our guys in Iraq i hope the government sleeps well knowing the "terrorist" is still at large!!\nPS~ this is the same as Vietnam in my opinion.it also has nothing to do with us yet we stand to loose the most.
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Our criminal leaders did not invade Iraq to "help" anyone but themselves.  They staged 9/11 to scare us into supporting whatever they decided to do.  Those of you who do not understand this, WAKE UP.
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In Afghanistan we are at war to destroy the base of operations that Al Qaeda had there. We have performed similiar missions in the Horn of Africa, The Phillipines, The Pankisi Gorge in Georgia, Pakistan as well as countless other locations that we don't know about. \n\nIn Iraq the point is to form a friendly government that will be a force for change in the region. Either by simply providing a monkey on Arab dictators backs (Nobody wants to screw with the US when a regional power is a major friend of theirs) or by actually sparking reforms and spreading democracy (like we saw in Lebanon and Syria.) \n\nOil is a plausible theory but ignores the fact that there are other countries that would be far more lucrative and oil rich targets then Iraq were we to simply want oil (Kazakhstan, Venezuela, Iran, etc.) Why not invade them instead if it's JUST for oil?
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First of all, even if you are genuinely from where you claim to be, even if English isn't your first language, Use the spell check feature that was so thoughtfully provided by Yahoo...  \n\nSecondly, as far as I know, we are currently in Afghanistan and Iraq, not Iran....(Do you know something that we don't? Seriously) \n\nThirdly, I assume you mean 'who are they kidding?' and 'who/what kind of people would vote for this?'  That in itself is a flawed premise. American citizens no more voted to go into Afghanistan or Iraq any more than the citizens of those countries decided to set in motion the events of 9-11.  (Also it's a Representative republic, not a democracy....)  \n\nPart of that is allowing people with opposing(if misinformed) viewpoints to speak their minds.  However, while there is 'freedom of speech' here, and I applaud your using that right, there are those Americans who have nothing better to do with their 'freedom' and spend their spare time posting similar comments  to a website such as this and portray themselves as something other than what they truly are.  \n\nI mean no offense, and if such is not the case, you have my deepest apologies...
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Everyone with an IQ over single digits tends to hate Bush. I, for one, love my country and support the troops over there fighting right now; but I want them to come home.Now. Bush should have kept the war in Afghanistan and only in Afghanistan. That was our original target, right? Well now you don't even hear about Afghanistan anymore; everything's Iraq,Iraq, Iraq! Now it's shifting to Iran. What happened to Afghanistan? More importantly: What happened to Bin Laden!? Bush has his priorities all screwed up. But then again, I doubt if he ever cared about Bin Laden in the first place.
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'fraid so. our brave american 'heros' will be slaughtered & for what? iraq was better off before we went in. saddams crimes are out of our juristiction. iraq had nothing to do with 911 nor did they have wmd. what they did have was oil that they were wanting to sell on the open market. rather than have the competition, its easier to bs the usa into stealing their oil & selling it to ourselves at inflated prices. so what if we sacrifice a few hundred thousand lives, profits are up. theyll probly reinstate the draft.
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I am not a flaming liberal...but "war on terror" ? That was some slogan that Bush and his little minions thought up. Yes there is terrorism. Yes, we need to fight against it. But if you are referring to the war on terror in Iraq...we have no business there. Somehow we ended up there...9/11 having nothing to do with Iraq. Now...we can never leave. Bush says we will pull out...but how can we. If we do...they will say "look how the Americans came into Iraq...messed everything up....and then left" Democracy will never work there. Democracy means different things to different people. Democracy can never work in a tribal mentality. We should be focusing on Afghanistan. And Iran. But we are wasting our time in Iraq...the center of Bush's so called "War on Terror" I am willing to fight against terror. But to fight against those who are actually causing the terror.
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Sure go ahead and remind us.\n\nIraq did not do 9-11 -  We know...thanks. Iraq did extend medical aid and safe haven to Al Queda and the Taliban during the Afghanistan war. As our Nation's leaders properly stated... those who support terrorists will be treated as terrorists themselves.\n\nNo Iraqi people were on those planes. - Yes, we know this. We don't make this assertion, and never did.\n\nBush lied about the reasons to go to war. Bush lied and troops die. - Bush used world-wide generally accepted intelligence gathered by multi-nations well before taking office. Saddam administration wanted everyone to believe he had WMD and was successful. WMD was a reason given...but certainly not the only reason. The systematic extermination of Kurds was all the reason a civilized world requires to remove Saddam. You say he lied as if his "lies" somehow fooled you into supporting the war. I wager you didn't support it from the start ... and so were not fooled into supporting anything. \n\nIraq was son threat to the USA.- I think you mean "no threat" and you are wrong.  True that now he is no threat.\n\nThe war will be lost just like we lost Vietnam in 1975. The USA will go down in abject defeat and shame.\nNow you are spouting bitter opinion which of course will be discredited in time. I understand you want to be right about this...but you will be wrong.
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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!