Originally posted by: ProfJohn
With the large number of ant-war posters we have on here I would like to see their opinions on why we went to war in Iraq.
So I challenge everyone to post their own personal belief as to why the war in Iraq was started. Please do so in a short concise manor as opposed to long winded dissertations.
I would also like to see everyone?s opinion on why we are still in Iraq after 3 years.
Don?t comment on someone else beliefs until you have posted your own.
My view.
Why we invaded Iraq: We knew that Saddam had a history of using WMD and supporting terrorist. Therefore, in a post 9-11 world it was thought that there was too much danger of Saddam giving WMDs or WMD technology to terrorists who would then use it against us or our allies. Therefore, we invaded Iraq in order to prevent any future support by Saddam of terrorists via money, training or WMDs.]/q]
Using your logic,why stop in Iran, now we need to go into Iran, NK, and who knows where else?
Why we are still there: Although the threat of Saddam is gone, there is still the danger that the country could become a haven for terrorists. Furthermore, we need a strong Iraq to act as a counter balance to Iran and its ideas of spreading its radical Islamic regime.