Why did we go to Iraq in the first place?

Question

I know this has been asked thousands of times, but I can never find a straight, logical answer.

Also, why are we still there?

Thanks

Answer 1

Because they absolutely, positively did have WMD's. They were there, and everyone in the government knows they were there.  They are just playing the whole political game and are still upset that they (dems) got beat fair and square twice in the past two elections. Even Hitlary Clinton knew they had WMD's which is why she voted to support the war.  They all supported it because they knew the  truth.  Only when the election was on the line did they change their stories.

Answer 2

1. to kill  hundreds of thousand innocent IRAQI civillans

2..to controll there oil wealth

3. to support israeli occupation of palestine

4.to kill thousand of U S armymen

5. and last but not least to make America -most hated country on this earth

Answer 3

Because Saddam had nukes, then because he was involved in 9/11, then to free the Iraqi people, then...Well, I don't know. No one's really sure.

Answer 4

to get rid of saddam.

Answer 5

Are you too young to remember or something?

The reason given was that Saddam had WMD and did not cooperate with UN inspectors.  We found out there were none, but not until we had already overthrown Saddam and dismatled the existing infrastructure.  We are now there to try to maintain security and help return it to the control of the Iraqi people.  The trouble is that Iraqi is a strange term for a lot of tribes that fight and don't nessesarily want to be a unified country.  There is no easy solution right now.

Answer 6

I have given a straight answer several times..... maybe what you are looking for is an answer that matches your personal opinion..... one more time

President Bush declared war on terrorists and the nations that support terrorists ( GWOT)

Iraq tried to assassinate an American President

Iraq paid terrorists $25,000 to kill Americans

Iraq tried three times to kill American Peace Keeping Forces

Iraq trained and funded terrorists ( including Al Quida)

Iraq sent money to Osama Bin Laden

Iraq refused to comply with UN Peace Accords

..... and despite what you hear.....Iraq did have WMDs.....we found them and some were even used on our troops

Iraq was the most flagrant supporter of international terrorism

.....ergo the prime target in our war on terrorism