Why the US Invaded Iraq

Here, LB, the information is not that hard to find: Global Security is a non-biased source.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat_coalition.htm

 

You forgot to mention that whilst Canada did not join for her own reasons, but did have existing forces in Kuwait who did play an active role with the allied forces.

Cheers,

Jim

 

First let me say that the fact that you could list more countries than the US means you clearly understood that you were giving misinformation when you said we wnt in Iraq alone. But here is a link;

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat_coalition.htm

 

Wallowing in their ignorance and hate is another good way to put it.

The same tired refrains and lies have been hashed and rehashed.

The war that was "lost" has now been won. Obama's main task now is to let it end the way it's planned and agreed with the Iraqis or find a way to turn victory into defeat.


"nuff said.

 

You thought wrong!

 

Well the whacky left has been screaming for years that it was OIL. And little old me would never question the whacky left.:laugh:

 

If we had this much support, could have just waited on the UN... :thumbs:

 

The UN as we know it now was taking kick backs from the oil for food program. It is an evil organization that would never had voted to end their illegal money supply.

 

We haven't heard much from them about oil lately. I'm still looking for that ship convoy of tankers bringing all that "stolen" oil to America. They just haven't made it to port yet I guess!

 

We "waited" ten years and then we did something about it and it seems to be working out okay. While we were "waiting" we were doing a whole lot just to enforce the outcome of the first war with Iraq. We did a lot, we do a lot, and, hopefully, we'll keep doing a lot.

 

Just waiting for the price to go back up, no doubt about it!:laugh: I know! I know! They are waiting for Jan 20, then Bush can make all that money.:thumbs: Course they may have to scrape a few barnacles offen them big boats been sittin out there somewhere.:laugh:

 

Not saying taking the oil out of Saddam's hands was the worst of ideas, I just think we went about it the wrong way. However, Saddam singularly controlled a large portion of the energy that fueled this country which I will agree was a scary idea. What is more scary is Iran taking control once we leave Iraq.

 

What are you talking about? Everything the President said in the above quoted material is 100% true.

The Iraqi government under Saddam used chemical/biological weapons against the Kurds in Northern Iraq in 1987-88 and again against the Shiite uprising after signing the original 1991 Cease-fire Agreement with the U.S. (and a second similarly worded Cease-fire resolution with the U.N. one month later).

http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/library/news-2006-08-24a.html

http://hnn.us/articles/1242.html

http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2006_01-02/JANFEB-IraqSarin

The U.S. military found chemical weapons containing Sarin gas etc. and the materials and equipment used to make such weapons in Iraq.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=060622055545.07o4imol&show_article=1

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120137,00.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4997808/

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_/ai_n14548076

The U.S. military found 550 metric tons of yellow cake uranium in Iraq.

http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2008_09/IraqUranium

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/07/the_550_tons_of_yellowcake.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/05/world/main4235028.shtml

The U.S. military found Iraqi sponsored terrorist training camps where they taught terrorists using an airline fuselage etc.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/gunning/interviews/khodada.html

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/550kmbzd.asp

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iraq/salman_pak.htm

Saddam's government offered a $25,000 payment to the families of Palestinian Suicide Bombers in Israel.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/03/world/main505316.shtml

http://www.husseinandterror.com/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/decade/sect5.html

http://nationalreview.com/comment/comment-kengor040103.asp

Fianlly, the mass graves and torture chambers found by the U.S. military after the fall of Saddam's government prove that Iraq under his leadership practiced terror on its own people.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/19/iraq.torture.complex/index.html?iref=newssearch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7154856.stm

http://www.usaid.gov/press/mediaadvisories/2004/ma040722.html

Your opening statement and premise has been proven to be completely false which makes your entire line of argument invalid. Therefore, there is no further need to address the remaining statements in the OP or this thread in general.

 

I'm glad we did what we did to stop Saddam before he had the chance to do more harm to his own people, to his neighbors, and to us. What our warriors have accomplished was not in vain and despite all the naysayers they've done it very well. Thanksgiving was a great time to have given thanks for this blessing and to remember the price paid to accomplish what's been done. I greatly respect those that have the courage, determination, and resolve to see a plan through and to "do what has to be done" despite the odds, despite the complaining, despite the doubting, and despite the set backs and failures along the way.