Why did George Bush send us to war in Iraq to take Saddam out(c questions)?

Question

I wondered about the truth of why we went to Iraq. I never been sure about the truth on the reason. I don't know if there is one reason we went or many. I know that we went to Iraq and took Saddam's country and changed control. I never came to understand why people were against the war.

This is a old one the I am curious about. I very old lady friend I talked to about policy, things of the world told me Bush did it to get back for Saddam planning to kill his dad.

Is that true that Bush sent us to war in Iraq to get Saddam because they tried to get his dad?

Did we go to war for money, as in getting the oil for wealth? Will George Bush get richer somehow from us going to Iraq?

She told me that I would have to go way back in history and read books to understand Iraq which could be difficult to do.

Is there any more to the story in how Iraq became what they did?

Should we have gone to Iraq as we did to fight all those years? What did we gain if so? What did they gain in Iraq? Was it worth the price?

Thanks!

Answer 1

There is alot of history envolved in it. Here is some basic information. There is alot of politics envolved also, and goes all the way back to Israel, and Iran.



Deserst Storm. Iraq invaded Kuwait.



The Persian Gulf War (August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991), commonly referred to as the Gulf War, also known as the First Persian Gulf War (not to be confused with the Iraq War or the Second Gulf War), and by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as The Mother of all Battles, and commonly as Desert Storm for the military response, was the final conflict, which was initiated with United Nations authorization, by a coalition force from 34 nations against Iraq, with the expressed purpose of expelling Iraqi forces from Kuwait after its invasion and annexation on 2 August 1990.



Operation Iraqi Freedom - U.S. invaded Iraq to destroy WMDs. Also note Saddam stated he had WMD because he was more afriad of Iran then the U.S. Was bad timing on his part as of the 9/11 incendent.



The Iraq War, also known as the Occupation of Iraq, The Second Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn is an ongoing military campaign which began on March 20, 2003, with the invasion of Iraq by a multinational force led by troops from the United States and the United Kingdom.



Prior to the war, the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom claimed that Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) posed a threat to their security and that of their coalition/regional allies. In 2002, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1441 which called for Iraq to completely cooperate with UN weapon inspectors to verify that Iraq was not in possession of WMD and cruise missiles. The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) found no evidence of WMD, but could not verify the accuracy of Iraq's weapon declarations.Lead weapons inspector Hans Blix advised the UN Security Council that while Iraq was cooperating in terms of access, Iraq's declarations with regards to WMD still could not be verified.



As I said befere, there is alot of history involved all the way to Israel and Iran. Remember there are many reasons why we went to war, just to much to explain on here. To get you started here is some sources to read up on though.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein

Answer 2

Some facts need to be cleaned up here:



"Saddam was intent on taking over the entire mideast, and while the Saudis are a few cans short of a six pack, they are not as bad as he was, so in a sense it was about money, as he would have taken over the entire region and held the world hostage with an oil embargo in exchange for nuclear material."



Saddam had no intention of taking over the entire middle east. His principal concern was with Iran and maintaining a border with a nation that was becoming more of a military power house.

The Saudis are more than a few cans short of a six pack and are BY FAR worse than Saddam and the Iraqis ever where. Al Qeada, Al Jihad, and a number of other international terrorist groups live in Saudi Arabia with impunity. The Saudis funnel money to terrorist organizations all the time. The leap to nuclear weapons is just a farce.



The reason for the invasion of Iraq is complicated and will not be fully answered any time soon. There is a lot of criticism for the war and there are too many people with too little knowledge talking too much.



In the end, there where some huge mistakes made, the Iraqi people are capable of taking care of themselves. The biggest issue now is that they may not like the US (do what they are told) and may not hold a democracy.

Answer 3

Of course we all have our opinions some more popular than others but that doesn't make them right. I will give you mine you can decide for yourself. First off let me say although Bush seems slow and confused at times I think his heart is in the right place, at least he believes it is anyway. The reason we sent troops to Iraq was to spread Democracy in a country that has been tyranicly ran by a mad man for 50+ years. I believe that our belief as a nation is all government should be democratic where people have a chance to vote for who they think is the best canidate and I believe also it is the goal of our government to remove anyone from power no matter where in the world that stays on power to long and abuses his people with an iron fist. I think the idea Bush had origanally was to take out the whole axis of evil, but thanks to the morons in the Abu Grab (spelling) prison ordeal it got all F*#ked up. Most of Iraq was happy to have us remove Saddam until that happened now they hate us.

Answer 4

It had nothing to do with 'daddy' Bush. Saddam NEVER signed a peace treaty, only a cease-fire. Refer to the festering sore of a 'cease fire' with the North-south Korea problem.

60 years and counting, and could end up with North Korea bathing the south in nuclear fire and chemical weapons.

Bush cant get any richer, the family is a dynasty of oil barons, and while Iraq might have been extra change, it is nothing compared to them owning most of Texas, and hanging out with their saudi oil baron friends.

last I heard, it wasnt a crime to be rich, the war was not about lining their pockets.

Saddam was a N U T of epic proportions.

We were allied with him for a while, until he became dangerously unstable and started killing his own people.

We stopped all association with him and he turned to Russia and China (along with England Germany and France) for the bulk of his military equipment.

The chemical weapon he killed the Kurds with were of his own design fired from Russian artillery pieces.

Saddam was intent on taking over the entire mideast, and while the Saudis are a few cans short of a six pack, they are not as bad as he was, so in a sense it was about money, as he would have taken over the entire region and held the world hostage with an oil embargo in exchange for nuclear material.

He is better off dead.

I personally think it was a part of a grander plan of isolating Iran, which is far more crazy than anyone in the region, and to serve notice to all nutcase regimes over there that we will not roll over and play dead any more if we get attacked.

Syria, Iran, and other countries will think twice before screwing with us now.

EDIT: READ: Saddam's Secrets, written by Georges Sada. ( I believe he was C.I.C. of the Iraqi Air force.).

Saddams plan was to take his entire ari force, load them up with as many chemical weapons as he could, and bomb israel with it. This man talked him out of it, saying they would cease to exist as a nation if he did it.

Saddams wanted to erase Israel from the map, and unite the Arab people of the mideast under his rule... by force if necessary.

During Desert Storm we had contingency plans for landing in Jeddah (western Saudi Arabia), in case he over ran all the landing points in the east.

The Battle of Khafji was a prime example of Saddam's Aggression, the only incursion in to Saudi Arabia.

We pushed him back.

Regardless of what people think, the world is a better place without him.

Answer 5

Because BUSH is money hungry and Cheney owns Halliburton (One of the most biggest Oil companies) since we went in his stock and fortune has more than doubled...



The Bush Administration is stupid and we had no right to go in in the first place..



America is not the world leaders what happens in other countries is their Business..

How would Bush like if China sent their Army to come and capture are officials

Answer 6

I agree completely with the old lady. Bush was obsessed with Iraq. If someone had tried to kill your dad, you probably would be true.



Oil for wealth: no, it costs us just as much, we buy it on the world market.



Should we have gone? No, the war was a disaster and a mistake, enormously costly to the United States, and enormously costly to the Iraqi people. It weakened us and took our energy from Al Qaeda allowing the situation to fester in Afghanistan. It's one of the worst foreign policy mistakes in American history.

Answer 7

To make hundreds of billions of dollars for Cheney's cronies at Haliburton.



War is a very profitable business........for some.



It's a very expensive business for the taxpayers.

Answer 8

Please try these two reasons!



Cheney: Iraq pullout would hurt Israel | JTA - Jewish & Israel News

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2007/03/25/100844/CheneyRJC



Iraq: A War For Israel.

http://www.ihr.org/news/040716_hollings.shtml