Why are you perpetrating the myth that Iraq was part of our 9/11 response? Were you under a rock in 2003?
Why don’t you go read the Wikipedia on the Iraq war or other online information sources before wasting our time -along with Mr. Harkin, on uninformed assumptions?
As Bush clearly stated on many occasions the Iraq war was due to Saddam’s continued violation of UN sanctions and WMD inspections which led to the strong suspicion Saddam was continuing his development of WMDs.
Perhaps I shouldn’t be so hard on you. During the Iraq war there were a few idiots on FR quoting DU sources saying Saddam didn’t have any WMDs even though he gassed his own people and Iranians during the 80s.
“Why are you perpetrating the myth that Iraq was part of our 9/11 response? “
Oh, I suppose for reasons like those that prompt Victor Davis Hanson to do so as well. He features 9-11 prominently on his own list of why we invaded Iraq. So you may want to set him straight after you re-educate me:
” On the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the back-and-forth recriminations continue, but in all the “not me” defenses, we have forgotten, over the ensuing decade, the climate of 2003 and why we invaded in the first place. The war was predicated on six suppositions:
“1. 9/11 and the 1991 Gulf War. The Bush administration made the argument that in the post-9/11 climate there should be a belated reckoning with Saddam Hussein.
“2. Afghanistan. A second reason was the rapid victory in the war in Afghanistan immediately following 9/11.
“3. Everyone on board. A third reason was the overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress, in the media, and among the public — for reasons well beyond WMD.
“4. WMD. A fourth reason was the specter of WMD.
“5. Nation-building. A fifth reason was the notion of reformulating Iraq, so that instead of being the problem in the region it would become a solution.
“6. Oil! Sixth and last was the issue of oil. Had Iraq been Rwanda, the Bush administration would not have invaded.
“TEN YEARS LATER
The invasion of Iraq was a perfect storm predicated on all these suppositions — the absence of any one of which might well have postponed or precluded the invasion.”
“Why don’t you go read the Wikipedia on the Iraq war or other online information sources before wasting our time -along with Mr. Harkin, on uninformed assumptions?”
Pardon me for wasting your time. While evidently Wikipedia says something you that find more amenable, I think I’ll stick with VDH and National Review just this time. Thanks for your concern.