Interesting perspective. No one outside of the U. believed that 9/11 was in any way linked to Iraq. It was curious watching the propaganda being issued from US news outlets at the time. Then the following redefinition of "freedom fighter" to "terrorist". Then George W. Bush alienating foreign leaders with "You are with us, or against us." A number of countries supplied troops, special forces or engineers which were withdrawn later when this support did not have popular support.
The reasons for the invasion and occupation are only obvious when you look at the profits of exclusive logistics, and other private contractors, supporting operations in Iraq.
I do not understand the irrational fear of Iran. Given that the country has more political stability than India, Pakistan and North Korea which are all countries with or developing short range nuclear weapons and are actively involved in questionable activities.
What made me laugh was when there were reports by the BBC that they had found chemical weapons buried in the desert - but that it was soon discovered that they were sold to Iraq by the USA to use against the Iranians in the Iran-Iraq war in the 80s. That story was VERY quickly buried by the Pentagon :)
Oh, and Wolfowitz was all about the oil. Get your hands on a copy of the 2000 Wolfowitz Report which he produced for the "Project for a New American Century" group (but the 2001 edit, which he used the WTC attack as a good excuse) :)
Yeah Bush was a pretty big chump. And its hard to imagine how we've been completely unable to catch a guy who's 7 ft tall and attached to a dialysis machine. But the way I see it, finding him a slippery fish to catch, Bush realized the American public was just as willing to get Saddam as a consolation prize so he went with it. They are absolutely unrelated, but in the minds of 64% of the US population, catching Saddam was "doing something about 9/11"
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The reasons for the invasion and occupation are only obvious when you look at the profits of exclusive logistics, and other private contractors, supporting operations in Iraq.
I do not understand the irrational fear of Iran. Given that the country has more political stability than India, Pakistan and North Korea which are all countries with or developing short range nuclear weapons and are actively involved in questionable activities.
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Oh, and Wolfowitz was all about the oil. Get your hands on a copy of the 2000 Wolfowitz Report which he produced for the "Project for a New American Century" group (but the 2001 edit, which he used the WTC attack as a good excuse) :)
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