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Originally Posted by cuba
Unfortunately, i don't believe that there was that much grounding for the invasion of Iraq.
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Why unfortunate?
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Bush wanted oil and he wanted to settle his vendetta with Saddam after the first gulf war.
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Love to see your sources.
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During the first Gulf War. Bush senior was strongly advised not to go for Saddam during for a variety of reasons, one of them being the civil war which would likely have occurred between the Sunnis and the Shi'ites.
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Ya don't think it might have had something to do with an agreement made with the Islamic nations who joined us in throwing Saddam out of Kuwait to stop short of a full invasion?
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I don't think you can ever justify the invasion of Iraq in spite of the atrocities that Saddam committed.
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You can, but we didn't. It was a good fallout, though, don't you think?