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kpete

(72,898 posts) Fri Dec 16, 2011, 09:39 AM Dec 2011

WHY WERE WE EVER IN IRAQ? [View all]

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After all these years I still have no idea what it was all about.

Even at the time conservatives would occasionally admit that the WMD rationale was horseshit. It was as if each had their own individual Great Game reason for it. There were as many reasons for the Iraq war as there were supporters of it.

I suppose, ultimately, it came down to blowing up brown people and pissing off liberals. So it was quite a success, really.

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WHY WERE WE EVER IN IRAQ? [View all] kpete Dec 2011 OP

O I L baldguy Dec 2011 #1

You wish! comipinko Dec 2011 #3

PNAC thought of taking out Saddam long before W came on the scene. baldguy Dec 2011 #10

"they " would never have gotton it done comipinko Dec 2011 #17

Yeah they would have. Didn't Cheney divvy up Iraq's oil fields w/Big Oil Guys gateley Dec 2011 #46

Major reason....plus W had personal ones too. W wanted to be WAR President ala John Wayne opihimoimoi Dec 2011 #30

War profiteering. backscatter712 Dec 2011 #34

Exactly right. GoCubsGo Dec 2011 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author newspeak Dec 2011 #64

yep, the all powerful MIC, and musn't forget the military is the largest US consumer of oil nt G_j Dec 2011 #59

Bush had no say in it. n/t Scuba Dec 2011 #48

It all boiled down to the CIC's "daddy issues" comipinko Dec 2011 #2

Because Saddam tried to whack Bush I MicaelS Dec 2011 #4

It was a field test for our new weapons n/t doc03 Dec 2011 #5

Remember the PNAC? It was in their game-plan. shraby Dec 2011 #6

Yes! Wind Dancer Dec 2011 #32

j-bradford's blog makes a good point JustAnotherGen Dec 2011 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author HereSince1628 Dec 2011 #8

Within hours of the attacks, they tried to link Iraq to 9/11. HughBeaumont Dec 2011 #12

well, halliburton who wasn't doing too well newspeak Dec 2011 #31

burn through the treasury so there would be nothing left for rurallib Dec 2011 #9

I think it was created as cover for what SCOTUS did by stopping the count in FL Tippy Dec 2011 #11

Iraq was an existential threat, the fate of all western civilization was at stake.. Fumesucker Dec 2011 #13

Saddam tried to kill my Daddy. sarcasmo Dec 2011 #14

Insane profits for military contractors. Initech Dec 2011 #15

and, we have a winner!!! MH1 Dec 2011 #52

I like to refer to this as "the unwinnable war for obscene profit." Initech Dec 2011 #62

To finish Poppy's war. lpbk2713 Dec 2011 #16

Because this map was on Dick Cheney's desk in Feb. & March 2001 Botany Dec 2011 #18

To set up permanent miltary bases and control the region. tjwash Dec 2011 #19

Your comment surprised me. Control-Z Dec 2011 #49

Saddam was a bad, bad, man who made decisions that hurt his own people, don't you know. theophilus Dec 2011 #20

Much the same reason they want to attack Iran cpwm17 Dec 2011 #21

Iran will their Stalingrad. bikebloke Dec 2011 #22

Just like Vietnam and Afghanistan. For politcians to win votes by displaying their "toughness". Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2011 #23

Control the terrain, protect corporate profit, kill humans resistant to the idea (nt) T S Justly Dec 2011 #24

Because we elected/allowed bush and cheney into office bhikkhu Dec 2011 #25

The simple answer is greed and power.... OwnedByFerrets Dec 2011 #26

Because the Supreme Court appointed GHW Bush's kid to the presidency. n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #27

I have to agree with the posters who point to PNAC. LiberalAndProud Dec 2011 #28

Corporate greed, and the further consolidation of 1% corporate control over the planet: Zorra Dec 2011 #29

EXCELLENT post Zorra!!!! BeHereNow Dec 2011 #39

"Biggest heist ever perpetuated on the planet." Or maybe the second... Zorra Dec 2011 #44

If you look at the end result dipsydoodle Dec 2011 #33

For the money. Orsino Dec 2011 #35

don't you remember? they had wmds. eom ellenfl Dec 2011 #36

And why did the President, who said Iraq was a "dumb" war keep supporting sad sally Dec 2011 #37

He actually got us out on a time table very similar to the one he ran on. JoePhilly Dec 2011 #53

george h. and george w. spanone Dec 2011 #38

So "W" could go his Daddy one better...... frebrd Dec 2011 #41

Too many libruls told 'em not to, so they decided they had to! kenny blankenship Dec 2011 #42

they never tell me anything unionworks Dec 2011 #43

oil sasha031 Dec 2011 #45

$$$ That's always the answer as to why we do anything. $$$. nt gateley Dec 2011 #47

Besides oil and daddy issues we must not forget profiteering. jwirr Dec 2011 #50

Read the FOIA request and results concerning Cheney's mmonk Dec 2011 #51

PNAC / Cheney's Energy Plan / Replay of the easy Gulf War #1 for Daddy ... JoePhilly Dec 2011 #54

Lots of dumb reasons. But the biggest outcome Jakes Progress Dec 2011 #55

You've (not personally) have had your eyes on Iraq for years and years MichaelMcGuire Dec 2011 #56

Oil and whatever other resources we could steal. Also to make sure oil continued to be denominated truth2power Dec 2011 #57

because bushco lied our way into it? is this a rhetorical question? dionysus Dec 2011 #58

Because Al Qaeda successfully attacked us under Bush/Cheney gulliver Dec 2011 #60

little boots even stated that he didn't care about OBL newspeak Dec 2011 #66

War = Profit SHRED Dec 2011 #61

purple fingers for freedom Enrique Dec 2011 #63

shhhhhhhhh! DeathToTheOil Dec 2011 #65