Why are we fighting the Iraq War?

Question

I'm having a hard time understanding why we are still fighting and why we are fighting in Iraq. Supposedly there were 'weaopons of mass destruction', which there weren't. And there still aren't. And we invaded, overthrew the dictator and established a democracy as if it was our buisiness. And the president said it was a 'mission accomplished'. So why are we still fighting? Why did we fight in the first place? Could someone give me concrete, specific evidence and answers, please?

It's hard for me to understand, you can call me and idiot if you want, just make sure you explain why.

Answer 1

We are occupying Iraq, not fighting a war. Big difference.

When the invading force topples the government, removes it leaders, disbands it's police, takes over all functions of government, then the war has been won. And Bush declared it so.

Since that time, they have had their own elections, their people and their government have overwhelmingly stated they want us out. When the majority want us out, when we want us out, how can we preach democracy when we refuse both to both?

We have been occupying a sovereign nation for over 5years and our little resolution that retroactively legally allowed us to from the UN expires in December. There are talks that neither the UN nor Iraq will allow another to be made and we will be kicked out.

But, the good news for Bush & Big Oil is that this past week, our gas companies are finally getting no bid contracts -- so they should be happy to wrap it up soon, just leave a few military bases so we can use it to invade other nations that won't give up to our economic demands as well.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/world/…

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Answer 2

Simple ....we were mislead.

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Answer 3

So that you can have the freedom to ask this question...on the internet...without getting tourtered or killed by some nut bags...in the name of a god. Tagger

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Answer 4

k, if we pull out, it gives them enough time to make an natomic bomb, do u want to get bombed again? Saudi arabian and the remainder of the muslims, including alkada and the taliban would imediatley begin the slaughter of peaceful iraqi citizens. how do we no this is true? in vietnam and iraq the dinamics are exactly the same. btw we're protecting isreal and our oil rights
and not to mention, who attacked us at the Twin Towers, the very people we're at war with

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Answer 5

We are still there because we have to clean up the mess that we made in the first place, or else we will have another Afghanistan on our hands. This is what happened when we abandoned the Afghanis as soon as their war with the Russians ended. We need to finish the job we started, or we will be in REAL trouble.

Now, why did we start this mess in the first place? That's the real question... and one that I don't think anyone has the real answer to.

BTW; it's estimated that EVERY us citizen has been indebted $6000 - $10,000 by this 'war'. Gee, thanks.

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Answer 6

To protect Israel. They wanted Saddam gone ASAP & they wanted the US military in Iraq to keep Iran in check & eventually to invade.

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Answer 7

We are still in Iraq because Al-Qaeda is still there.

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Answer 8

Money. George bush and his constituents profit from our being there.

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Answer 9

To make Bush, Cheney, Republican-Neocons-Fascists and corporate America richer.

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Answer 10

we need the iraqi government to be able to govern itself

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Answer 11

The President has never said, or indicated in any way, "mission accomplished".

That's a myth. The banner was hung by and for the crew of the carrier who had accomplished their mission and were leaving.

He declared an end to major combat. The Iraqi army was defeated. We were now occupiers.

What he did say is that this would be a long hard fight.

WMD's or not, we freed 25,000,000 people and we are now responsible for finishing the job and not abandoning them to Iran.

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Answer 12

USA has the bad habit of policing the world.

We want to build massive military bases in the middle east.

Both the democrats and republicans (the neolibs and neocons) want this war, as they both constantly vote to fund it.

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Answer 13

You seem to have the same problem mixing things up as a lot of others, so don't feel like the Lone Ranger. It'll be a lot easier to understand if you separate the original reasons for invading from the reasons we've been there since the Hussein government fell. They're two completely separate things and should be treated as such.
If you're old enough to remember Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, the brutal suppression of the Shia in the south, and the use of chemical agents against the Kurds in the north, you can hardly argue that Hussein wasn't a problem. He intentionally gave the impression that he had WMD's and was developing more, so it's also not hard to see why the arguments over the urgency of the invasion were swayed by intelligence estimates that turned out to be wrong.
Since you remember the "mission accomplished" thing, you should also remember that the war really did end then, just as the Spanish-American War ended with Spain's defeat. And just as that led to the Philippine insurrection, we've subsequently dealt with insurgents in Iraq. Where Philippine autonomy was to be given them after forty years, we'd like to get out of Iraq somewhat quicker, but dare not leave abruptly for fear that would leave a Shia theocracy inimical to our interests in the middle east. Even if the Iraqi government eventually turns out not to be strongly pro-American, what we'd like to see is a secular government that respects all the major groups in Iraq: Shia, Sunni, and Kurd, and one that has democratic principles. That would, strategically, be a political wedge between Damascus and Tehran, and that would be good enough, though nobody in government can say so for diplomatic reasons.

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Answer 14

no one outside of Bush's inner circle knows that answer for sure. We have been given a couple of dozen different reasons by the Bush Administration that have all proved to be "non-reasons"....... perhaps someday the truth will come out.

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