Why did bush really invade iraq??

Oil. I am Iraqi and trust me when I say they only show you what you want to see on tv. They also want to be able to have some control over the middle east because its becoming a threat to Israel.
Around 70% admit that living under Saddam was better then living in Baghdad now.

Jason

I still believe his intentions were good. It's hard to just sit by and watch the regime in charge just completely abuse the people, but you can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped.

Right Wing Nut Job

To remove the threat that Saddam Hussein and his regime possed to the United States and her interests in the region.

Philip H Â©

I wish people would stop saying that Iraq was about oil. Oil from an unstable country is three times the price of oil from a stable one. If it where about oil UK/US would have cosied up to Saddam like Russia/France/China did and made deals with the dictator.

Jerry H

Some facts:

Iraq invasion was pre-planned in the 80's and 90's. The US just needed a reason to invade - WMDs, links to terrorists, Saddam, etc. All were false!

The US installs dictators in palestine. Saddam was brought to power in Iraq by the hand of the US. A similar dictator - the Shah was installed in Iran in the 1950s via operation Ajax. In essence, the US had engaged in a massive covert operation designed to remove a democratically elected leader Muhammad Mossadeqs from power and reinstall an authoritarian monarch (a move which makes a mockery of our currently stated desire to "spread democracy" in the Middle East) - this move was done for oil interests.

If people still believe the US interests in the mid east is to spread democracy then they are fooling themselves. Palestine hate the freedoms in the US? HA!! Prove it!! Their hate comes from the US entangling itself in their own democratic processes.

farang

To root out a dangerous dictator who was supporting terrorists.

Shaz

As an American I can tell you this......we are as f'n clueless to the true reason as anyone else.

So don't feel bad that it is confusing...we are a very confused+confusing nation

Mark J

no one outside the charmed circle truly knows.....

i could be anyone of....
oil
WMD's
human rights / treatment of women,minorities or whatever
israel, impact of Iraq fundign suicide bombers families
threatenting both Saudi & Iran (either explicitly or covertly)
coercing Saudi to toe the line and get its wa'habi nutters under control
securing bases for US forces in a vital part of the world
a crude bit of manipulation by wealthy people to divert tax dollars / pounds and whatever else into their companies pockets
chronic misjudgement by the administration as to what may happen (I suspect they were actively misled b Iraqi dissidents as to the degree of support the invaders would receive)

there could be some other reasons, but the one thign you can be certain about it had absolutely nothing to do with Al-Queda or the aftermath to 9/11.. that was a wa'habi inspired plot. I think its entirely plausible that Amerca was hurt after 9/11 and wanted to lash out and kick someone... Afghanistan didn't really cut it, so the next target was Iraq, as a surrogate, making the point clear to Saudi and Iran that they had to toe a US line.

it could be a mixture of more than one items

If it was solely about wealth then Sierra Leone has diamonds.. so that would make it a candidate for the asset stripping charge laid at the US.

The reality is that the US would struggle to do anythign in Africa, escpecially sub saharan (read Black Africa), not just because of the atrocious record of Black African leaders in terms of democracy, corporate governance and whatever, but also becuase of the direct problems it woudl cause in America itself. MBeki and others have been complicit and quiet over what Mugabe and his fellow travellers have done to Zimbabwe, but they wont pass up the opportunity to criticise anyone else.

igdubya

I thought it to be Kentucky Fried and Subway that wanted to open in Baghdad, not McD's and Pizza Hut. I think you had it all wrong.

Razor Jim

Bad intelligence on Iraq's WMD's

ya_staff_sux

Because all the intell( not just ours but the worlds) showed he had WMD's

The whole world was wrong.

But this war was still needed.

Mephistopheles

Bush (and don't forget Blair) invaded Iraq purely to get their hands on Iraqi oil. The argument about weapons of mass destruction was specious (and as has been subsequently proved) they knew that to be a fact at the time. Also, lets not forget that Saddam Hussein was the 'Saviour of the West' when the Ayatollah was in power in Iran and Iraq was at war with Iran. Who supplied Saddam Hussein with all the arms, equipment and finances to continue that war???? - none other than the Americans and again they were paid (in kind) by the Iraqi Government with large quantities of oil.

nightmonkey17

People give lots of excuses for Bush these days, but the fact is the original reason for invading Iraq (weapons of mass destruction) never materialized.

Personally the whole thing feels quite unsettling to me.

Without a doubt the original Gulf War was fought over oil. It could be that Bush had the same interests in mind this time around. Oil prices have gone up, but that would be a good thing for the oil companies Bush has connections with, wouldn't it? It's also possible that the oil companies are just waiting for the insurgency to die down to cash in on Iraq. Nobody expected the insurgency to happen. I remember Cheney stating in an interview that he thought the insurgency was in its "last throes". That was about 3 years ago.

Also, companies like Blackwater and Halliburton have profited millions of dollars from the war.

The terrorism excuse seems quite dubious to me. We did invade a country after Sept 11, and that was Afghanistan. Saddam Hussein didn't want terrorists in Iraq because they were dangerous to him.

And what's with this idea of how we're somehow "liberating" the Iraqi people? The Reagan administration supported Saddam Hussein in the 1980's. Donald Rumsfeld helped negotiate a deal to give weapons and money to Saddam in his war against Iran. Face it, the conservative political factions in the US government don't care about democracy and freedom, they will support dictatorships and crush democracies (like Iran) whenever it's convenient for them.

The world is not as black and white as lots of Americans like to think.

emiller1998

Iraq violated the UN agreements that the signed at the end of the 1st Gulf War. They were not supposed to have WMD's and the entire world thought they did. They were supposed to let the UN inspect the country and they refused.

Saddam was a threat to other countries (invaded Kuwait to start the 1st Gulf War) and his own people (killed thousands if not millions).

Bush went with the UN. They were the ones crying about Saddam not allowing inspectors and thinking Iraq had WMD.

Dylan 61

I believe Bush senior regretted that he did not depose Sadam in 1990., and his son, the intellectual Dubya wanted to give Daddy a present i.e. Sadam. The weapons of mass destruction argument that Bush and Blair gave their electorate was a palpable lie and Bush and Blair should stand trial for misleading not only their electorate but also the United Nations. The U.S.A. did not learn any lessons from Viet Nam, that is never enter a war unless you have an end game in mind and they are paying the price. The British involvement in Iraq is pathetic but then again if the U.S. President addresses you in public as "Yo Blair" you really have little credibility. Good riddance Bush and Blair lets hope for some decent leadership in the future, leaders who have honourable motives and who are honest with their electorate.

stncldmufknkilr

Christian Crusades to get rid of Muslims!!!!!!

All you intelligent people just don't get it.

â™¥Loveâ™¥

No, they said they had substantial evidence that there were other WMDs, which I don't know if it was ever the case or not anymore. The chemical gas thing was not why we went to war, but a reason to justify us having ever gone there considering they didn't find WMDs. I can't say we went for oil because oil is more expensive for Americans now than it ever was before this war started. If Bush had listened and waited to go to war like most people wanted in dealing with Iraq, we would be better off.

Daydreamer... no one in Iraq was behind the 9/11 attacks, and Al Qaeda didn't move into Iraq until after the war started.

RAHOZ A

saddam was a dictator he kept most if not all the wealth of iraq for him self and iraq is a rich country and he left the poor poor and the rich rich no tax no nothing
he also killed millions of people if it wasnt for him iraq could have been like saudi arabia

love*it

We are the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, read the declartion of independece, or any other historical doc. We did it to help out a nation in great trouble. ppl are only looking at the bad things that have happend with this war, but i know meny men who have gone to iraq and have come back knowing that he has helped save lives. yes oil might have a reasons but dont forget that they attacked us, 9-11

Daydreamin'

Because 9-11 proved that there were terrorists wanting to hurt the USA. Besides, i think people would be mad if the USA just did nothing about the attack.

Because war is profitable, and oil is profitable.

The Bush administration have huge links to oil companies - Condoleezza Rice did have an oil tanker named after her.

the USA originally trained and backed Al-Qaeda. It's obvious who the real terrorists are.

the proff

oil,oil,oil,oil,oil,oil,oil,............... nazi's can't keep thier economy going without it, the oil wells in texas had dried up ages ago so they need free oil and invadeing iraq was the answer.

The sad cases below who are saying why are the americans paying so much for petrol for thier cars are brain washed puppets, if it wasn't for oil explain this........iraq produces over $170 million worth of oil a day.....so why did the iraqi president ask other world countires to give them loans,iraqi have no constant running water or electricity,lack of medicines in hospitals,uncollected rubbish in streets which u can see cleary on sattilite photos,etc........ALL THE OIL COMEING FROM IRAQ IS CONTROLED BY THE U.S AND IT'S ALLIES,THEY WANT TO KEEP THE PRICE OF OIL HIGH, EVERY TIME IT GOES LOW THEY THREATEN IRAN AND THE PRICE ROCKETS UP AGAIN. FACTS NOT LIES!

Cherrypicker

You got it in one - OIL!!

blood4oil

This war was fought to insure the Banks and hedge funds, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan could control the price of oil and protect Isreal. Dictator sadam was totally harmless to the US but he was selling oil out the back door through Iran and Pakistan and he was anti Isreal. You wouldn't believe the Atrocities that have not been reported or done anything about in parts of Africa millions dead - but they don't have anything we want. If you go to the parts of Africa that have minerals those areas are controlled by US or Euro countries. The US taxpayer suffers with human loss, The bill for the war and higher oil prices. But thats the way it has been for a long time.

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