Why did we invade iraq?
961201
Well, the true reason is kind of multi-pronged.\n\nFirstly, it was for oil. However, not in the way that the "those evil war mongering republicans are all poopy heads" crowd seem to believe. Like it or not the US economy is highly dependant on foreign oil. The previous regime in Iraq first tried to take over Kuwait, a major producer that sits directly on the gulf. Additionally, that regime made it quite clear that they intended to use their influence on global oil markets in any way they could to harm western economies. Can you imagine a world where a single very anti-American dictator controls 70% of the worlds oil supply and chooses not to sell to us at any price but rather give China, a major rival, access to virtually unlimited supplies at cut rate prices?\n\nSecondly, it was about breaking up the web of state funded terrorism. Like it or not there are a large number of middle eastern fundamentalists who are actively working to wipe America off of the map. This is not some new phenomena that has taken place since we took action in Iraq. This has been brewing for decades. I know that it is an unpleasant realization to some, but America is at war and we did not start it nor did it begin with the invasion of Iraq nor with 9/11. Middle eastern fundamentalists declared war on the US more than a decade ago. Unfortunately, most Americans are too busy carrying on with their normal lives to realize this as a clear and present danger. One of the insidious attributes about international terrorism is that there is no single nation-state that the US can point to as the "enemy". This gives state sponsors of terrorism the luxury of calling the US an aggressive bully when we take action against them. Iraq was one of many enablers in the international terrorism network. There are others. It is my hope that America will not have to learn the hard way that it is better to deal with such threats early even though such actions may not appear politically correct rather than wait until a mushroom cloud erupts over Israel, the UK, or the Eastern coast of the US.
871271
My theory as to why we are in Iraq???  George Bush... that is the only reason.  It sure wasn't that Iraq was any more dangerous to us than Korea or Iran or any number of countries.  no.. we are there because Bush wanted the oil and Daddy said go there...
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.
680241
a) Because, having been attacked on our own soil, we really did not want that to happen again. So, we pick someone who we already knew we could beat (Saddam), in an area of the world guaranteed to tick off our enemies (Iraq, holy sites all over), with the added benefit of there being a brutal dictator in charge so we could tout how freedom loving we were. Now that we've invaded it, the terrorists are blowing up either (1)trained military troops, whose job it is to die for our country (as opposed to children flying to a school field trip), or (2)other Muslims, thereby sowing hatred and discontent between people who will find it easier to kill each other than Americans.\n\nb)Having lost his mind, Saddam decided to thumb his nose at the world community, saying the UN had no power over him, thereby giving us the pretense to invade. We really DID believe, at least some of our leaders, that there was the thread of WMD, so it was a nice reason as well. WMD was the 'slavery in the Civil War' issue, to get support for the war. \n\nc)A HUGE portion of the US military is now dead-center in the middle east. It's called Projection of Power. The most dangerous potential enemies are there...look at Iran's nuclear ambition. It would take a matter of weeks to be in Tehran.\n\nd)Oil...if we need it. We're paying way more for gas than we ever have in the US. This war was not about the oil of the current day...but about oil in the future. At very least, we can leave people in power that will be more friendly to us than have been in the past.\n\nWars are about power and resources. That's what this one was about, but it was more about power than resources. This was the US projecting its power in order for another 9/11 to not occur (on US soil...if Arabs fly planes into the Grand Mosque of Sandy Suffering, that's okay.)
52651
The US attacked Iraq because Bush Jr. had to finish his daddy's job. And they will not attack Iran, because the good Amrican people do not want another Vietnam!
683694
I think you asked your question wrong,it should be "what are we fighiting for in iraq?" ---we are fighting for oil supply in iraq,this is the primal reason.the second reason is to secure the area (middle east) for isreal.
44880
America had Security deposits of Iraq around 40000000000 U.S. dollars. And Saddam decided to take that amount back. If the money was taken back American economy would tumble. So it made U.S. to invade Iraq.
636979
The war was over Iraq invading Kuwait in August of 1990.  Saudi Arabia thought they would be next and invited countries to defend them against attack.  American had been protecting Kuwaiti oil tankers with our Navy for 10 years, so we had a basis for standing up for them.  The WORLD knew what Saddam did was wrong, and even Syria was on our side.  Only the Palestinians and the Jordanians supported Saddam.  We send hundreds of thousands of troops from all of the world, to Saudi Arabia to set up a massive invasion force.  Then we started bombing in late 1990 and then invaded with the ground force in January 1991.  Iraq sued for peace in less than 100 hours, because we kicked the living snot out of them.\n\nThe United Nations resolution that authorized the war was only for the liberation of Kuwait and not for the removal of the government of Iraq, this is why we did not go to Baghdad and take out Saddam then.  There was also concern that the country would go into civil war, Kind like now!!!
108936
Oh gosh, don't even get me started. I'll try and make this as brief as possible\n\nBush's reasons for invading Iraq:\n1. To find weapons of mass destruction\n2. Because of Irag's alleged link with the 9/11 terrorists\n\nDid we find WMDs: Nope\nDid we find any proof or even evidence of a link between the 9/11 hijackers and Iraq: Nope\n\nWhile, i agree that saddam hussein (excuse my spelling) is a bad man, he kept stability in his country and posed no direct threat to us. It is not our responsibility, nor should it be, to decide who is good and who is "bad" and then take steps to remove them when we see fit. \nHad Iraq actually posed a threat to our national security I may feel differently, but Iraq did not pose such a threat.\n\nUnfortunately, our intelligence organizations are partially to blame, however, there are also individuals in the political realm whom are responsible.\n\nWhy did we not listen to the U.N. or Hans Blix? Are we too arrogant as a country to listen to what the international community has to say, especially the U.N., and organization we helped to create?\n\nOh my, i could go on and on and on and on, but i don't feel like typing that much.
1039516
There are only two reasons why George Bush invaded Iraq, a sovereign nation that did not attack or provoke the USA: 1) Bush wanted to 'get even' with Saddam Hussein for humiliating his daddy during Desert Storm; and 2) Dick Cheney wants all the oil swimming under Iraq's sands so he and his Halliburton buddies can get richer and richer and richer.\n\nThe United States WILL NOT WITHDRAW ALL ITS TROOPS FROM IRAQ UNTIL DICK CHENEY HAS A ROCK-SOLID, IRON-CLAD DEAL IN PLACE TO ACQUIRE ALL OF IRAQ'S OIL. And that's why we're in the middle of a illegal and unconstitutional war with Iraq, which is putting this country trillions of dollars in debt, and which is ruining our reputation as a global leader. \n\nIt's all about greed, power, petty little jealousies, and OIL. The U.S. knows that China's appetite for oil is getting bigger every day. It has no intention of allowing Iraq's oil to go to China.\n\nWe tolerate other despots around the world - in fact, there are several dictatorship regimes which we actually prop up with financial aid and let the genocide continue. Why? Because those countries have no OIL. \n\nGeorge Bush, Dick Cheney, and Don Rumsfeld are the most evil, corrupt, incompetent megolomaniacs ever to occupy the Oval Office. This current U.S. Congress is the most evil, corrupt, incompetent body ever to occupy the Capitol Building. All of them deserve to be impeached or tried for high treason. If convicted, they all must face a public firing squad.\n\nBush is nothing more than a spoiled rich kid who never had to assume responsibility for any actions he's ever taken in life. He was kept out of harm's way while pretending to serve in a military guard unit. His daddy covered up countless DWIs and other legal jams his drug-using, alcohol-abusing son go into; and Bush has never had a job where he's really had to do any physical labor. His life has been one of privilege and power; he has always been isolated from the poor, sick, disabled, or disadvantaged. That's why is has such disdain for most of America's "common" people. \n\nHis claims of being a "born-again" Christian are bogus. Have you ever seen him walking out of a church on Sunday morning with his family?\n\nSurely Satan has reserved a special oil-saturated  corner of Hell for Bush and all his cronies, where they can spend their eternal damnation blaming each other for the mess they made of this country in eight short years. \n\nNext on the Bush agenda: Iran (it, too, has gobs of OIL). We'll find some flimsy excuse why we need to invade Iran (maybe we'll be searching for weapons of mass destruction again). \n\nAnd, if 'war' escalates right prior to the next national election, George Bush will impose martial law, postponing the elections until peace has been restored. That will make him America's first King George. The avarice, arrogance, and hypocrisy of this Republican-led band of modern day Robin Hoods (who rob the poor and give it all to their rich friends) is unspeakable. \n\nSadly, even if we could throw them all out of office, we'd only be replacing them with another band of crooked Democractic politicians. The only solution is another American Revolution.\n\nCheck out the newest blog: BUSHWACKER!\nwww.blogger.com\nhttp://al-aback.blogspot.com\n\nThomas Jefferson once said: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." That time is way overdue. \n\nBut, if our government can keep us distracted with maxxed-out credit cards, Britney Spears' new baby, and buying all kinds of junk we don't need at WalMart for "low prices - everyday" it can continue to play its great American shell game and keep up the shameful scam it has perpetrated on this country for more than five decades now.
488712
This war in Iraq was planned by Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield even before the election of George W in 2000. They were just waiting for the right "excuse" to invade Iraq and 9/11 gave it to them. Justification for the war was fabricated by faulty intelligence of WMD and we are now paying the price for rushing into a war without the careful planning of what would happen after the overthrow of Hussein.Isn't it strange how we have to approve an "emergency budget" even years after the invasion occurred? Good planning all around and we will be a military prescence in Iraq(Iran??) for years to come.
625209
He invaded Kuwait, an ally of ours. He began to kill the people and burn the oil fields. Desert Storm drove him out of Kuwait and back to Iraq where he continued to butcher his own people and threaten to amass weapons of mass destruction.
1055735
Whe the Iraqi government takes over Iraq.  We pulled out of Somalia prematurely, and conditions got worse than they were before we went in.  We pulled out of Vietnam prematurely, and conditions got worse than they were when we went in.  There is no time limit for war.
70119
Because we did not go to war with Iraq for oil.  We did not go to war with Iraq at all! We have a "war on terror."
405488
IT WAS IN FACT...IRAQ.   any doubt as to why we are there now fighting someone else's  Holy war?
122731
A better question would be why we're in Iraq in the first place.\n\nI still don't know.
1147002
There are a lot of BS answers here.  Iraq was in no way a threat to the United States. No Airforce, No Navy, a couple of missles that couldn't reach us that they had begun to destroy when we invaded, a lousy army that we beat in about a week.\n\nThere were 2,500 people looking for WMD after the invasion. No evidence was found that there  were WMD or that they had been destroyed or moved. Do you really believe US wouldn't have been able to find evidence if it existed?\n\nThe "Bush" people wanted to invade Iraq before 9/11.  They wanted to overthrow Sadam and put in a "democratic government" freindly to US and US oil companies. They believe that if you have "democracy" in Iraq it will spread to other countries in the Middle East.  While they talk about "freedom" they really only are interested in countries with oil.\n\nIf Iraq was a threat to its neighbors, why did NONE of them join our coalition? Turkey wouldn't even allow just to use them as a base for invasion.\n\nSomeone says above that Saddam had programs in 1992. 1992?\nThat's eleven years before we invaded! Ten years later, Saddam was totally contained and had no WMD programs to speak off, and no capicity to develop nuclear weapons.