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

[Talal]

mai said:

Kasz216 said:

badgenome said:
Spoiler alert: we didn't really attack Iraq over WMD.

Of course the real reason we attacked Iraq, or what seems to be the real reason, is so silly nobody believes it.  Afterall, it wasn't oil or other natural resources either, that's all going to the chinese.

 

In reality it was simply.  Bush believed the US Military could be used to install just democracies in countries with dictators... and Iraq was just a good starting point.

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.

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

 

Iraq has a lot of oil apparently, but I agree oil alone would be a stupid reason. There were other reasons.