I hear it over and over again and again. So I will answer the question for those who don't get it.
Everyone opposed to the war keeps asking what Iraq had to do with Alqueda and why we went there.
Saddam kick out the weapons inspectors way before planes flew into our buildings. The fear of the President wasthat since weapons inspectors had been kicked out, there was a strongchance thatSaddam just might sell WMD's to Alqueda or other terrorists.
After 9/11 it put a great fear in the administation that there was a chance that terrorists just might aquire these WMD's and plan another devestating attack on the US. And everyone knows Saddam would not have a problem selling those weapons to terrorists.
The USA tried desperately to try to get Saddam to tell us what he did and how he destroyedhis WMD's. as required by the ceasefire that ended the first Gulf War.
Saddam would not explain what he did with them and would only say he had none. Inspectors did conduct searches for weapons but things were going way too slow. All Saddam had to do was give detail explainations of what he did with the weapons. He would not. He refused.
The country was still dealing with the aftermath of 9/11 and fear was still high that there may be other possibly deadlier attacks with WMD's.
Hind sight is always 20/20. It sure is easy for armchair Presidents on this board to sit back and say what they would have and would not have done.
President Bush did what he thought needed to be done to prevent an attack involving WMD's. Imagine being in his position and being responsible if that fear became reality and he did nothing to prevent it. That was the position our President was in at that time.
We all know that Iraq and Alqueda were two different enemys of the USA. They weren't even allies. They were just enemys of US that might conspire to destroy America. READ THOSE LAST TWO SENTENCES AGAIN
Take youself back to before the Iraq invasion. Out of all the USA's enemys, who would be the most likely suspect that would sell WMD's to Alqueda?
I'll ask that again......Who would be the most likely suspect to sell WMD's to Alqueda?
Saddam was already thumbing his nose at the US and UN when he was kicking out weapons inspectors at will and not abiding to the ceasefire agreements. He did this for years.
So whether he had WMD's or not he needed to be dealt with anyway.
Like I said hindsight is 20/20 and it sure is easy for the armchair Presidents to say how they would call the shots.
Yes, mistakes have been made but the reason we went there was because it was what our President thought we needed to do to prevent the sell of WMD's to terrorists.
I know that many of you that are opposed to the war today, thought that the possibility of Saddam selling WMD's to terrorists was something that just might happen. Again, hindsight is always 20/20.
So for all who keep wanting to know why we went there, thereis the answer.
Sadam was a strongeman living in a very tough neighbourhood. He had no WMD nor would he have shared them with anyone............just out of self interest. What he could not do(and the US should have known) was that to admit that the emperor had no clothes. Thiswould have been suicide.
Only now, when Iran knows that there are neither wmd nor an Iraqi tough guy, has Iran been so emboldend.
A completely unstable middle east will be the only end result of this fiasco. We will now loose Afganistan too.
Maybe your ally Pakistan is the most likely country to support Al quedaywith wmd.
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I hear it over and over again and again. So I will answer the question for those who don't get it.
Everyone opposed to the war keeps asking what Iraq had to do with Alqueda and why we went there.
Saddam kick out the weapons inspectors way before planes flew into our buildings. The fear of the President wasthat since weapons inspectors had been kicked out, there was a strongchance thatSaddam just might sell WMD's to Alqueda or other terrorists.
After 9/11 it put a great fear in the administation that there was a chance that terrorists just might aquire these WMD's and plan another devestating attack on the US. And everyone knows Saddam would not have a problem selling those weapons to terrorists.
The USA tried desperately to try to get Saddam to tell us what he did and how he destroyedhis WMD's. as required by the ceasefire that ended the first Gulf War.
Saddam would not explain what he did with them and would only say he had none. Inspectors did conduct searches for weapons but things were going way too slow. All Saddam had to do was give detail explainations of what he did with the weapons. He would not. He refused.
The country was still dealing with the aftermath of 9/11 and fear was still high that there may be other possibly deadlier attacks with WMD's.
Hind sight is always 20/20. It sure is easy for armchair Presidents on this board to sit back and say what they would have and would not have done.
President Bush did what he thought needed to be done to prevent an attack involving WMD's. Imagine being in his position and being responsible if that fear became reality and he did nothing to prevent it. That was the position our President was in at that time.
We all know that Iraq and Alqueda were two different enemys of the USA. They weren't even allies. They were just enemys of US that might conspire to destroy America. READ THOSE LAST TWO SENTENCES AGAIN
Take youself back to before the Iraq invasion. Out of all the USA's enemys, who would be the most likely suspect that would sell WMD's to Alqueda?
I'll ask that again......Who would be the most likely suspect to sell WMD's to Alqueda?
Saddam was already thumbing his nose at the US and UN when he was kicking out weapons inspectors at will and not abiding to the ceasefire agreements. He did this for years.
So whether he had WMD's or not he needed to be dealt with anyway.
Like I said hindsight is 20/20 and it sure is easy for the armchair Presidents to say how they would call the shots.
Yes, mistakes have been made but the reason we went there was because it was what our President thought we needed to do to prevent the sell of WMD's to terrorists.
I know that many of you that are opposed to the war today, thought that the possibility of Saddam selling WMD's to terrorists was something that just might happen. Again, hindsight is always 20/20.
So for all who keep wanting to know why we went there, thereis the answer.
Windwalker, your post might carry some weight, if it were not for the team of UN Weapons InspectorsSaddam gave total access to the last 4 months leading up to the invasion. Did you not know this? Thay were told to leave by this administration or run the risk of being Shock and Awed!
The Hijackers were from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, who by the way has Nucular weapons and now has Bin Laden lurkingin its mountains according to our Intelligence.
Do me a favor and save me some time, Google: Project for New American Century spend some time on it, then pm me.
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You are correct. The inspectors were there several months before the invasion. The problem was they were given the " run around and only allowed to inspect sites that Saddam approved. They were not given total access as you claim. Just where were those inspectors before those 4 months? How long did Iraq go without weapons inspectors? How much time went by that they weren't allowed in the country? Do you think Saddam was a "Good Boy" while those inspectors were kicked out of the country? I don't think you think it was a big deal that he even kicked out the inspectors. Tha was enough reason for us to resume bombing right there.
They were denied access to some sites or delayed several days before they were allowed to inspect. Just a total run around. Instead of cooperating, Saddam drug his feet about the whole thing.
The real problem was that Saddam was repeatedly ask to show what and how he destroyed his weapons.( this doesn't count what he used on the Kurds)
Saddam would only say he had no weapons but refused to explain what he did with them. He was given a deadline to come forward with that info. That deadline came and went. This was the agreement that got us to stop bombing during the first Gulf War. Saddam thumbed his nose at the whole reason we stopped the bombing and gave he a chance to clean up his act.
Still unrealing from 9/11, the US was lacking on paitence.
We wanted answers, now. No one wanted to wait for a repeat of 9/11 with the possibilty of terrorists getting their hands on WMD's.
I keep saying that hindsite is 20/20. I just wonder how you felt about the war before we went to Iraq. A majority of the country was all for it, back then.
How easy it is for some to just change their mind after the fact and start protesting against the war when before they were all for it.
Everyone thought that Iraq had WMD's. You, me, the President, Russia, China, Britian, Everyone.While some outdated weapons were found I fear that what he had made their way to Iraq's northern neighbor.
Just exactly whatdid Sadam use on those Kurds? How did he kill all those Kurds? His own people mind you. What was the reasoning for the US to establish " No Fly Zones"? Answer that please.
Excellent post Windwalker. I will add two things. First, we were shot at on an almost daily basis in the no-fly zone, which alone is reason to go to war. Second, Saddam himself thought he had WMDs. Not just Kennedy, Kerry, and all the liberals in the world, but Saddam himself. Nuff said.
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Excellent post Windwalker. I will add two things. First, we were shot at on an almost daily basis in the no-fly zone, which alone is reason to go to war. Second, Saddam himself thought he had WMDs. Not just Kennedy, Kerry, and all the liberals in the world, but Saddam himself. Nuff said.
I think it is important to note that this "no fly zone" was actually in the airspace over much of Iraq and was originally declared by the US, UK and France. It may have been a reason to go to war but for whom?
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