If America helped free Iraq from bad dictatorship, why wont they help Sudan or Zimbabwe .?

Question

Is it because they have nothing to gain. i mean oil etc

Answer 1

America learned its lesson from a bad occupation of Iraq.  It won't repeat that mistake in this generation.

Answer 2

Zimbabwe does not have oil and it also a former British colony.

And we toppled Saddam Hussein because he has oil and as a favor to Israel.

The USA cannot behave like a world cop, why do you think there is so much anti-Americanism in the world?

Answer 3

Helped free Iraq from bad dictatorship?My ****.That was their excuse.He was their best buddy till they decided they wanted bases there and unfettered access to Iraqi oil.Helped free,pfft!You're spot on about Sudan and Zimbabwe.

Answer 4

We don't need military bases in Sudan or Zimbabwe.....

Answer 5

you answer your own question

Answer 6

Exactly - America gives the impression that it is not concerned about anyone except its own citizens.  As it's own oil reserves are getting lower they of course will not take an interest in what is going on in countries that do not have oil to sell.

Answer 7

It was a strategic decision, that's true.  The US can't undo every injustice in the world.  

It wasn't the oil, though.  If we wanted Iraq's oil, we could easily have bought it like other countries did.  It would have been easier and cheaper.

Answer 8

You said it!

Answer 9

you said it, though Sudan has oil but China got to it first

Answer 10

No Oil, what a thought as if they would! wouldn't they?

Answer 11

We are already in Afghanastan and Iraq because of the terrorist thing..and we are spread to thin already..this is about

the only good answer..the others are just academic

Answer 12

Of course the US did'nt invade Iraq for oil, what a silly idea! That nice man Mr Bush went to war because those nasty men flew planes into that big building, the fact that they had nothing to do with Iraq means nothing, they looked the same so they were obviously guilty.

Answer 13

It is because going to war costs billions of dollars.  The American people wouldn't stand for another war.

Answer 14

Make no mistake, the US has no love for what Chris Rock refers to as "brown people"...but if their country has something they want, they will turn up quick! Iraq (full of "brown people") had oil, so that's why the Americans used the "weapons of mass destruction" baloney to move in.

Neither Sudan nor Zimbabwe has anything the US wants, so they do nothing whilst millions of innocent ("brown") people are raped, displaced, murdered, starved, beaten, etc.

Hope that answers your question!!

Answer 15

theres no OIL there

Answer 16

Maybe I missed it but if the Iraq war was for oil, how come I haven't seen any boats bringing it back to the US?  Please clarify, if you can, how the war in Iraq is for oil.

I wish left wing liberals would make up their minds. Do they want the US to help other countries or not?

Answer 17

In Zimbabwe there is no mineral oil or petroleum. Although in Sudan there's petroleum, but not in quantities as in Irak

Answer 18

In the past Yugoslovia was a dictatorship and everybody tolerated each other.they had a dictator..............Iraq was a dictatorship and everybody tolerated each other,,nobody was burned alive for selling alchol on the street.women could drive cars all by themselves........women held 40% of the professional positions in  the job market....

Do you really want to SAVE  another country?for any reason

Answer 19

Iraq is about oil, but not in terms of liquid reserves. The Bush family, and the bin Laden family are both oil-rich. High oil prices mean more profits. You think Geroge Jr. has a job waiting for him at the end of his term? The worst president in US history?

By artificially inflating oil prices and keeping the public on high alert, they have managed to secure massive wealth for themselves and their friends.

Answer 20

yep... nothing worth fighting for......

Answer 21

Because it doesnt serve there interest it may be the right thing to do but what are we getting out off it.

Answer 22

OIL......................