"Why are we in Iraq?" I like this guy's possible answers

[Glenda]

http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5457220.html

Steve Berg: Why are we in Iraq? It begs for an answer
Steve Berg, Star Tribune
June 15, 2005

Q. So, why are we there?

(snip a few WMD and possible legitimate reason if they had panned out)

A. To "finish the job" that Bush's father started in the Gulf War, and to avenge Saddam's apparent attempt to assassinate the elder Bush.

A. To secure Iraq's oil supply, thus perpetuating America's dependence on petroleum rather than launching a major drive toward energy independence.

A. To divert attention from the fact that we were unlikely to find Osama bin Laden and to concentrate instead on an enemy we could easily defeat on the open battlefield.

...

A. To create a bigger, more telegenic war than the one in Afghanistan in order to appeal to the rising conservative tide at home -- especially after 9/11 -- and to win back the Senate for Republicans.

...


A. To demonstrate that the United States is the world's only superpower and that it's willing to act in defiance of allies and apart from the United Nations.

[tibbiit]

1. Everything in life is multi-motived (imo)

This about covers the iraq ones.
tib

[rwork]

2. DUers

have been saying this for 2 years.Good find.

[Glenda]

7. Yeah, it's nice to see in print what we have been saying all along

This one especially disturbs me:

"A. To create a bigger, more telegenic war than the one in Afghanistan in order to appeal to the rising conservative tide at home -- especially after 9/11 -- and to win back the Senate for Republicans."


It give the phrase "I'd kill to get that Senate seat" a whole new meaning. How many jobs are there that require people to murder in order to get the job? That a sad statement about this government.

[pacalo]

3. This is the reason Iraq was on the table since Day 1...

To "finish the job" that Bush's father started in the Gulf War, and to avenge Saddam's apparent attempt to assassinate the elder Bush.

Other "reasons" left off the list...

Halliburton, Bechtel, Fluor, Brown & Root, Lockheed Martin, etc.

[cthrumatrix]

4. add... to keep the US Dollar as the "petro dollar of choice"

[dbt]

5. To get between China and the Iraq oil.

[Double T]

6. All that and provide corporations in the military industrial complex with

a boom in business.

[AndyTiedye]

8. You Forgot One

A. To Restart the Crusades and the Inquisition, as required by the Dominionists.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. To set the stage for the coming Rapture!

[Glenda]

10. For some reason, these people think that they would be judged

by a higher power in a favorable light!

[bennywhale]

11. Mine= To whip up a combination of patriotism and fear

Thus creating a willing population which are easier to manipulate and control. Thus making it easier to create their Nirvana.

(and oil)