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[fadetodarkness]

This is an actual question. I'm surprised I'm asking it because I'm usually the one you people come to when you have questions about current events. Anyhow....

Why is there a war in Iraq?

Two more canadian soldiers have died, their bodies are on the way back here now . This all seems rather pointless to me, and I can't figure out a cause for war. Is

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[plastic_pants]

Those darn dubya-em-dees.

[margeau88]

I wouldn't know. Something about 9/11, Bush wanting to get back at them, then oil profits crept in there and all this junk happened. I think right now they're trying to fix the country, as the States usually makes it their business to "right" the world, as if they're so perfect. I think war in general is stupid anyway. It's the world leaders (presidents, prime ministers, kings/queens etc) that make war, technically. They make the decision to go to war. Why should armies of innocent people kill each other, when, under other circumstances, those people could be friends? Sometimes wars can't be avoided I suppose, like with WW1 and 2, but otherwise can't the leaders themselves have a duel or a game of chess or something instead, so tons of innocent people who haven't actually done anything wrong don't have to die?

[april_anne]

"On Wednesday, September 17, U.S. President George W. Bush admitted that there was no evidence that Saddam Hussein had any role in the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. President Bush stated, "We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September 11." The day before, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice made similar comments, telling ABC's "Nightline" that "We have never claimed that Saddam Hussein had either direction or control of 9/11." Yet despite these statements by members of the Bush administration, according to a recent poll, some 70 percent of Americans believe that Saddam was personally involved with the terrorist attacks of that day.

It is obvious why the American people believe this to be true: While there is clearly no serious evidence linking Saddam Hussein to the September 11 hijackings, members of the Bush administration consistently justified their invasion of Iraq over the past two years by implying a connection between the two."

So basically, there's no reason for it.