The Iraq war has been fought and won and we now know that there were not any Weapons of Mass Distruction. So with the benefit of hindsight, why did George Bush go to war against Iraq? Oil and the riches associated with it has long been an answer which has often been cited however looking at the state of the American economy it hardly seems plausible, so what is the real reason that the US invested so much of its resources in terms of money and American lies to wage war on Saddam and his countrymen?
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Because Saddam was beginning to ask for Euros for his oil. The US doesn't have to export anything because oil is priced in US dollars, so essentially, the world runs on US dollars because you need them to buy oil. If Saddam started pricing his oil in Euros, and other countries followed suit, the USD's standing as the world's reserve currency would be threatened.
Keep in mind that right now, the USD does not operate on the principles of normal supply and demand. They can keep printing money and it's value does not go down, the reason being that the USD's worth is tied to oil.
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^ exactemundo ....
..... either u keep dancing to the tune or get ready to be democratized ;)
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Bush added, said Kirchner, that “all the economic growth that the U.S. had had, had been based on the different wars it had waged.”
Bush: War Boosts The U.S. Economy (VIDEO)
United States survival is based on exploiting the world which means waging war for resources and power.
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what, they won in Iraq ? when did that happen. Someone tell obama.
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I guess strategic interests have been completed. Mission complete.
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what, they won in Iraq ? when did that happen. Someone tell obama.
Depends on who you're talking to. The world lost. The American people lost. The Iraqi people definitely lost. Certain groups within America benefited greatly and as always, the whims of the few and powerful override the interests of the general population.
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@ CEO: and what were those ?
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i guess.......neutralizing threat to israel and securing oil wells.....
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The major interest was to make sure oil is still pegged to the USD and the supply of oil was open and US and other western firms got the oil contracts.
There is also a possible linkage to the fact Gaddaffi was trying to get OPEC to trade oil in gold. Now, that would have had negative ramifications for the US.
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i guess.......neutralizing threat to israel and securing oil wells.....
Yup. Since after WW2, America has been trying to position itself to neutralize threats to its ideology and existence using military strikes, a continuation of the Eisenhower Doctrine. They're desperate to stay prepared to engage in a war with any country, which has finally caught up with them.
Also, to add to what CEO said regarding Gadaffi and securing the USD, the previous director of the IMF was also calling for a new reserve currency after the economic collpase. Voila, his scandals appeared and he was replaced. Amazing coincidence right?
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i guess.......neutralizing threat to israel and securing oil wells.....
This is what some of us think (eg conspiracy theory). It is not any of the official goals they set to achieve when they invaded Iraq.
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This is what some of us think (eg conspiracy theory). It is not any of the official goals they set to achieve when they invaded Iraq.
''official goal'' was elimination of WMD............ we all know how genuine/truthful that claim was..
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You assume that there was actually valid logic behind it.
The other, terrifying explanation is that Bush and his clique were delusional enough to believe that there somehow was a threat.
It's scary to know that we live in a world where such paranoid people can come to a position to control such massive force.
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It's scary to know that we live in a world where such paranoid people can come to a position to control such massive force.
And equally disturbing is the fact that such people continuously get away with the mass murder of hundreds of thousands of innocents and are not held accountable for their actions or punished! The fact that western and or non muslim/white lives are somehow worth more than non western, non white or muslim lives is
sickening.
Have to agree with some of the above: the ultimate goal is the take over of the arab holy lands and oil reserves so that these judeo christian crusaders can ultimately one day rule the whole world and not be ripped off by the rich oil arabs. The holy lands are much sought after by the jews, hence their take over of Palestine. To take over the rest requires the downfall of each arab nation and other muslim nations, otherwise it would be suicide just going in gun ho (sp?). Pak nukes are a REAL worry to them, hence the anti Pak sentiment today and its increasing.
PS... everything you post is watched by them and no doubt they will be watching the forums closely for info and views. :)
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Plain and simple.....Iraak was attacked to avenge 911!
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It was Saddam Hussein's fault not being upfront with inspection regime. And it was Bush's stupidity that made it worst, the way he went about the war. Instead of surgical strike to remove Saddam, he went on a invasion.
America keep thinking they can do a Japan or a Germany everywhere - they clearly no longer can.
Idiots like Saddam, Gaddaffi and Kim Jong keep thinking they can make America suffer a Vietnam. They clearly cannot either.
Countries in the middle of these two extremes, like Iran, Pakistan should form a more balanced approach and America in turn should as well.
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till date he doesnt know why
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Another reason: Increase tension (conflicts) between sunni & shia.
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Bush was a paranoid cowboy, and everyone in the world knows that...even americans admit it. America's invasion of Iraq was primarily for control of distribution, not posession, of oil. America doesnt need the oil, as it imports very little of its oil from the middle east. It just wanted to find a fat income source to bankroll its blind war expenses. Plus, with new hybrid technologies, and new energy sources coming up, oil will soon lose its economic prowess.
My feeling is that America/Bush was just on a high at that time, and wanted some another target soon after Afghanistan. The result is, 10 years later, America has failed both in Iraq and Afghanistan, and both these countries are in a mess.