[UCANSEE2]

We did it to change the social, political, and financial structure of that country in the hopes that it would benefit Capitalism, Freedom, and the democratic form of government.

THe problem is that the enemy is over here, not over there.

[al baby]

To make daddy bush 41 proud of bush 43

[dragnet2]

What a load of BS.

[dirtboy]

6. Oil! Sixth and last was the issue of oil.

I think flanking the Saudis economically was more critical. Now in a few years there will be a second producer with significant surplus capacity and the Saudis will lose their blackmail power over the global economy.

[Mad Dawgg]

"Why Did We Invade Iraq?"

Because Hussein continually thumbed his nose at the Cease Fire Agreement from the Desert Storm War.

[granite]

Flashback: Why are we in Iraq?

[onedoug]

We did it to support Bush’s buddies, the saudis. They and Iran should have been the principal targets in the WOT with their societies and resources under American occupation even to the current date. We then would have seen who was willing to put up any more funny business.

Instead Bush was wandering around Camp David holding hands with that filthy saudi potentate.

‘Hey, we know you jacked us on 9/11. But we’ll go after sadam, and make it all look okay.’

It frankly makes me sick.

[N. Theknow]

To finish the job that Colon Powell made necessary by stopping Desert Storm before it was completed.

Always humanitarian to let your enemy go on killing, raping, torturing and re-arming so you will have to fight him again with a higher cost of life and resources.

And, of course Bush 41 was known for never finishing a fight or taking the fight to someone. Bush 43, same thing, just show compassion, be a pal to Ted Kennedy and get your ass handed to you.

And Jeb is just as guilty of shmoozing instead of fighting by virtue of yukking it up with his Dad and Obama while visiting the White Hut all the while Obama is bad-mouthing his brother.

And people think that Powell's opinion is meaningful and that Jeb would be a great presidential candidate?

[NonValueAdded]

Because GWB knew the real problem was Iran and they would be impossible to deal with if Saddam remained in place, playing games with the no fly zone and so forth. Iraq was the logical stepping stone to Iran but the RATs poisoned the strategy. Imagine the difference with a strong Iraq as a firm US ally.

[Last of the Mohicans]

Usually enjoy VDH, but this article is lunacy. Regardless of the reasons for going to war, to sit back ten years later and claim that the war was not only justified but a good idea is to completely ignore reality. And to claim nation building as a valid justification is absolutely contrary to sound conservative thought. Fail VDH!

[Vermont Lt]

I thought it wasn’t all about WMD either. I went back and looked at the resolutions. It WAS about WMD.

But really it wasn’t.

I said it was a mistake then. It still is.

Bring them all home. Europe. Asia. Everywhere.

Let them all kill each other. I don’t care.

[Thorliveshere]

I work for a small print company, and I had the displeasure of being made to write up a letter for an aged liberal to print in the local newspaper. The basics of the letter were, “nanny-nanny-boo-boo, we were right, you were wrong.” I had to hold everything back to finish it without “adding” my own commentary to it.

But anyway, I am writing my own response it for the paper, and I needed some reference and material. Thanks for the article.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Has everyone forgotten about the attack on the USS STARK?

[Romulus]

Because the neocons (yes, including *those* neocons) wanted us to.

[Sawdring]

Why doesn’t the goofball who started these wars come out of the woodwork to defend his actions? Bush its the reason we have a second Obama administration. He was that big of a dumb ass.

[PieterCasparzen]

That we have forgotten or ignored most of these causes stems not just from the subsequent terrible cost of the war. Instead, our amnesia is self-induced, and derives from the fact that 70 percent of the American people and most of the liberal media commentators supported the invasion, came to reverse that support, and remain hurt or furious at someone other than themselves for their own change of heart — one predicated not on the original conditions of going to war, but on the later unexpected costs in blood and treasure that might have been avoided.

Hoover Institution, this statement shows that you are a vile war-criminal institution.

You know that nwo created the public opinion of 70%, and now you want use some pathetically stupid attempt at mental manipulation to induce the ordinary citizen to feel GUILTY about "changing their mind" ?

New world order is a most vile, evil set of people.

Americans - there's your proof. Do you see what they are trying to do to your mind ?

[DocRock]

Kerry says it was not because of "Weapons of Mass Destruction"


click the Image to watch the video
WMD's ?
USA Today
Fox News
Washington Post
San Diego Union Tribune 500 tons of Uranium

Al Qaeda Ties? Notice the airliner (Sept 11, 2001), and train cars, (Madrid 3/11/04), in the Salman Pac terrorist training facility outside Baghdad in this 2000 satellite photo. Click the image to get high resolution.

[Gene Eric]

BFL

[blueunicorn6]

The left stream media has been writing quite a few articles about Bush and Iraq. I think they are trying to assuage their guilty conscience over Obama and the Middle East. If Bush and Iraq was so awful, then how can they keep quiet about Obama and Libya or Obama and Egypt or Obama and Syria or Obama and, well, the whole Middle East? Hanson falls into the liberal trap of writing about Bush and Iraq. The real story is Obama and the Middle East.

[Polynikes]

No matter what Saddam did or was reported to have done be it invading Kuwait, attacking the USS Stark, slaughtering the Kurds, developing WMD’s or being a general bad boy pain in the a$$ the nail in his coffin that did him in was forming an Oil Bourse. All the other activities were just side shows for public consumption so as to make it easier for the voters wrap their minds around military action against Saddam. When Saddam showed he wanted a Bourse(commodities exchange) where oil was bought and sold in Euros that was the final straw and I believe real reason for Saddam being taken out. That would have threatened the Petrodollar stability and by default the status of the USD as the worlds reserve currency. When ever world reserve currency status (USD) is threatened the reaction is relatively quick and lethal.

For an example of a country whose currency does not have reserve status and is denominated in something other(USD) than it's national currency and spends like a drunken sailor running up enormous debt till it can't be serviced look at Argentina. Once the IMF cut off credit Argentina defaulted and collapsed.

Right now we are some what similar with enormous debt but having the advantage of being the worlds reserve currency and having a very good ,albeit somewhat smaller than in previous times, military.

Once the USD looses reserve status we eventually go Argentina. So when Saddam posed a threat to the Petro dollar it was time for him to go. Saddam started to deal Oil for euros in the fall of 2000 and was being kicked out in 2003