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63. purple fingers for freedom

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Sat Dec 17, 2011, 07:14 PM

Dec 2011

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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