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Adak · 11-25-2013, 04:17 AM

We invaded Afghanistan solely because they supported Al-Qaeda, after the attack on 9/11/01.

Iraq was a completely different criteria. WMD and terrorism were used to justify it to us, which was a horrible, bald-faced lie, by all involved in telling it. The real reason was probably that Saddam was a PITA to deal with, and viewed as a repressive dictator (gas attacks, etc.), with a repressive regime that would be able to stay in power for decades longer, at least (through his sons).

So for Iraq, I would say it was more about helping to reshape the Middle East, by replacing a PITA dictator, with a democracy.

11-25-2013, 04:17 AM	#413
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	We invaded Afghanistan solely because they supported Al-Qaeda, after the attack on 9/11/01. Iraq was a completely different criteria. WMD and terrorism were used to justify it to us, which was a horrible, bald-faced lie, by all involved in telling it. The real reason was probably that Saddam was a PITA to deal with, and viewed as a repressive dictator (gas attacks, etc.), with a repressive regime that would be able to stay in power for decades longer, at least (through his sons). So for Iraq, I would say it was more about helping to reshape the Middle East, by replacing a PITA dictator, with a democracy.