What do you think is the single/foremost compelling motivation for the Iraq War?
from cheese_greater@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 08 Mar 14:45
https://lemmy.world/post/43995633

I think the petrodollar thing is interesting (Iraq switched to using euros in exchange for oil or something)

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orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 08 Mar 15:11 next collapse

Iraq?

cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 08 Mar 15:12 collapse

Yess

orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 08 Mar 15:20 collapse

Desert Storm or the post 9/11 Iraq?

cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 08 Mar 15:22 collapse

I mean iraq war started after 9/11 so. I am not read up on desert storm

Maeve@kbin.earth on 08 Mar 15:33 next collapse

There were two Iraq invasions.

cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 08 Mar 15:44 collapse

Really? Crazy

dumples@piefed.social on 08 Mar 16:00 collapse

The greatest reasons? That Bush Jr. was mad that Bush Sr. didn’t remove Saddam. He wanted to go to war to show his daddy

Keeponstalin@lemmy.world on 08 Mar 19:34 collapse

Not to mention that Saddam was also our guy before we used him for as a reason for the second invasion

orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 08 Mar 15:48 collapse

It happened in 1990, the first Iraq war. Iraq invaded Kuwait and we “liberated” their oil.

The second Iraq war, after 9/11, was caused by Netanyahu convincing us that there were weapons of mass destruction and Iraq was a clear and present danger to regional safety, despite no credible evidence of WMD or ties to the 9/11 events.

Yes, Netanyahu was the influencer behind both Iraq and Iran.

frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml on 08 Mar 15:20 collapse

I remember seeing some list of a huge number of reasons the Bush regime gave for it. They used something like 80 different reasons at different times.

cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 08 Mar 15:23 collapse

What do you think resonates most i terms of getting to/@ the heart of the matter

Maeve@kbin.earth on 08 Mar 15:33 next collapse

You said it in your own post.

frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml on 09 Mar 10:04 collapse

reuters.com/…/how-us-controls-iraqs-oil-revenues-…

cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 10:12 collapse

If they wwre on trial in International Court (ICC)—I know America doesnt recognize their jx and fucks with them—bur if they were on trial, would that be the seasoned peosecutor’s approach?

frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml on 09 Mar 10:16 collapse

Iraq has the 6th largest daily production of oil and the 4th (or 5th) largest confirmed reserves in the world.

Sometimes the simple explanation is right.