U.S attacked Iraq over rumors of W.M.D's

[mai]

badgenome said:

mai said:

Well, in such case he's either an idiot or a scumbag, or both. But I don't believe in good intentions in politics, so he's a scumbag after all, while your reasoning is as silly as "they went for oil". Who needs Iraqi oil in price of military operation of that scale? You simply buy it.

It's not good intentions. The neoconservatives believed it to be in the national interest to have a democratic Middle East.

Yes, they really are that stupid.

So what's the logic behind having democratic Middle East 10 years ago? Why Iraq? Why not Saudi Arabia? Why not 40 years ago? Why democratic Middle East favors national interests of the US in the first place? Why not, say, democratic Central America or whatever?

No, I don't belive theay are stupid (outside public talking heads, of course), they perfectly knew what they were doing.