Was the Iraq invasion justified?

twowords

Not in the least. Were these deaths worth it?

US Military Death Toll - Iraq 2,937 as of Dec. 13
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/USfatalities.html

Civilian Body Count - Iraqis 50,543
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/

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October

No. There were no WMD's and no terrorist connection.

john s

We, all of us, were made to believe that it was justified at the time. We never imagined that the president himself would deliberately lie to us. Even the members of Congress were convinced that there was a tie to al quaeda and that the government had or was about obtain atomic weapons.

No one one should be faulted for accepting the invasion as justified as the cause was framed for the country by this administration. But it can all be seen now as a calculated lie designed to protect and obtain oil and to make the world safe for Israel.

Corvinus

Absolutely, totally and utterly NOT.

LIES, LIARS AND DECEIT! That's what we've had.
It was a criminal act on the part of Bush and Blair and they need now to be tried in the Hague for war crimes.

Buck Flair

I would be utterly, utterly amazed if anyone says 'yes' to this.

EDIT: Wait a minute!!! Conservative Future Marine..... are you INSANE?!? Yeah the war would be right on our doorstep wouldn't it!!! Iraq was just about to attack us so we had to get in there first!!!

Unbelievable.

nick w

No it wasn't justified. Our brave soldiers should come home. Saddam and his generals should be re-armed upto the hilt, put back in power and believe me it would become a safe country again. Just how the hell to you educate those people. They are the worlds dross and only know one thing "the bullet". You can't reason with these Shites and Turds so let them fight amongst themselves. All the taxpayer's money could be saved and spent on good causes at home.

truth seeker

No. Even IF there were wmd's, Iraq was not a threat to the U.S., imminent or otherwise.

pablo techno escabar 1

Ive answered this question 50 times,here goes.Saddam starts
selling Iraq oil for euros instead of dollars(this is very bad for
US economy)Then the US say he is a serious and imminent
danger to the world(WMD these were never found)the only
nuclear materials used in Iraq,were depleted uranium shells
used by the USA(tank core)The UN ask for more time,bush
goes in anyway(that was against international law)700,000
dead civilians and rising everyday.Lets go back to the oil,
the USA put a puppet administration in place and Iraq now
sells its oil for dollars once again(coincidence i don't think).
Iraq will be the last place on earth producing oil they will
run out in around 116 years,Iran will run out just before
that.and as Walt Disney said that's oil folks!

pensterx

The Iraq invasion can only be justified if you believe war for oil is a just cause. that is exactly why the country was invaded. Basically Saddam began trading his oil in Euros which made oil more expensive in the US. â‚¬1 at the time was approximately $1.3 dollars. So a barrel of oil that originally cost $50 suddenly cost $65. After the invasion of Iraq, lo and behold all that oil was suddenly being traded in Dollars again.

Interestingly, Iran has taken steps towards trading oil in Euros. They are essentially taking advantage of the military weakness of the US forces due to their being overstretched in two theatres of war. Iran don't need a war to damage the US when simply trading oil in Euros will damage the US economy tremendously. We now see Bush pushing the Iran Nuclear angle. Is this another prelude to invasion? I would like to think not because Iran are 10 times more dangerous than the Iraq and are better equipped militarily and are more fundamental than Iraq ever was.

There were no WMDs and there was no link to Bin Laden regardless of how many times Bush wanted to repeat this. No WMDs have ever been found after 3 years in Iraq and Bin Laden hated Saddam and Iraq because Saddam ran Iraq as a secular society where by Muslims and Christians could live side by side and religion was not controlled by the law.

I hope that answers your question.

David

No !!!!!!!!!!

Should have been left for the UN to sort out - There were no WDM & the war itself was only just legal.

king of nowhere

No, not since we're withdrawing, I think that speaks for itself when politicians, the cretins of the world, decide it's time to leave. Did it benefit anyone in any way, have oil and fuel prices ever been higher for the masses!!?

muzyne

T S

No.

Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan-Mar

What!!!! Have u like just woken up after a long 3 years kip!!!

ramshi

Depends on who you ask. Ask Bush and he claims he has not done anything more essential/logical/reasonable/safer. Ask the entire rest of the world and you get a different answer.

chav69

no what about all the kids and woman who were killer under operation Iraq freedom/no way cruel war get out now

amr h

hello mr.alexis

from my knowledge the iraq invation till now wasent justified.the apparent target of the invation wasent to vacate the aftermath weopons this invation is a complex black-policy america applied on iraq for a certian reason other than not following the international rules . till now the iraq invaders didnt find anything about the weapons or anything that is illeagal. and also a long time invation like that wouldnt stand for only a misgiving.

JETT

Only if you are BLAIR or BUSH.

special_edd_yay

In all honesty, it depends on your point of view

This is not ellie29uk

A tired and old question. In the grand scheme of things, does it really matter now?

Cracker

Not really

Tony Blair saw Saddam as a future military threat. Blair saw a risk of future military conflict and stated the only way to prevent a future conflict was to start a war.

He also saw a chance to spread democracy in Iraq. The majority of Britain was against this the war, but Blair stated that democracy is more important than the opinions of the majority, so went ahead anyway.

leafyselby

yeh we got the oil

iqstrike

No, because the sanctions weren't. Saddam needed Kuwait, an artificial country, in order to defeat Iran. Ignorance of practical strategy by the Bush Family Circus means we're losing the War on Islam.

Columbo

depends on your definition of justifed?

Legally no,
morally no,
financially yes,
beneficial to our nations interest yes,
proving a point to the axis of evil no,

cakeyspig

Oh here we go again! Yawn, bloody yawn. So you think it was better to leave the idiot Saddam in charge, murdering everyone who spoke out against him.
Our boys are in there, whatever, so lets support them!

producer_vortex

YES! And that is all the answer this question deserves.

MERRY CHRISTMAS and have a nice day.

Thank you very much, while you're up!!!!

Bob G

I can't say for certain but I do notice that nobody has flown a commercial jet into one of our skyscrapers since. Perhaps they are a little occupied practicing 'Duck and Cover'?

The rest of the world's opinions don't matter to me at all, what matters is protecting the citizens of this country, in case any of you have forgotten that.

Defcon6

I believe that the invasion of Iraq was justified.

If we would not have invaded them, the War would be on our doorstep, rather than thousands of miles away.

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