The question remains: WHY??

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That's the question that's been with us for years. Why invade Iraq?

The PNAC was intent on this in the 1990s. It always seemed there was something left from Poppy's war that they had to clean up. The 9/11 attacks gave them a new excuse for what they'd already decided to do. But why?

I've heard and considered all the possibilities -- taking out Saddam, building the pipeline, stealing their oil, etc. -- and none of them seem like the real answer.

Helen Thomas asked why they were talking about Iraq when Ari Fleischer first mentioned the word (and was told Ari was just "freelancing" -- "Iraq who?"). I wrote to her and she wrote back, saying they need to be straight about their intentions and that "these people need an enemy."

As BushCo went around "making the case," Stinky and I scratched our heads. Why? Why really?

As more and more info comes out, confirming what we knew all along, the question is only magnified -- they went to such incredible lengths to justify the invasion. WHY?

I even suspect they tried to plant evidence of WMD but were thwarted (perhaps by Valerie Plame's team, as was suggested years ago). They more than lied -- they ruptured alliances, they broke international law, they falsified evidence, they tortured people to get false information, and they knowingly instigated the deaths of thousands of our troops and God knows how many Iraqi fighters and innocent civilians, including children.

All this, for what? For what, REALLY?

WHY??

I'm honestly not sure we'll ever know.

Edited to add: I didn't realize Stinky got to this one first. :( http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5515460#5516065