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why go to war?
whats the point of the war in America? i dont get it.. saddam huusain, iraq, bombs, etc. like seriously.. did we just go attack them because of 9/11? and what provoked the people to attack us in the first place? gosh it seems all stupid, but im not entirely sure what its about too.
we should spend our taxes for better, more constructive reasons.
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This answer is very simple... suddam hussain was threatening to blow up all christians in the United States! He said he had weapons of Mass destruction! So we went to war to get rid of the weapons!! We pretty quickly cause of our technology but we needed to catch this crazy dictator who was trying to kill us all. So we we captured him and a year later he was hung. We are still ovr there because there are still people trying to blow us up u no terroists. and there are really weird people who bomb others for no reason so basically we r ovr there now to give I raq a stable government
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haha we just studied this in geography. in 1948 the palestinians and jews went into war for the land that is not isreal ana lebanon and the jews won, so the jews got 75% of the land of palestine (israel) and the palestinians got nothing, and spread out to egypt and lebanon. we supported the jews in the wars and the palestinians HATE the jews and want to claim back the land which they think is rightfully theres. but israel is the same thing as the Pormised Land in the old testament of the Bible and so technically it is the jew's land. (but palestinians are Muslims so they dont care about the Bible) and so since we give israel and the jews technology to fight the arabs and palestinians the palestinians hate us too. the other main goal of the palestinians is to destroy all jews and us infidels (christians and america) resulting in 9/11. so basically we're trying to help/save the jews and us from further attacks from the palestinians. and also there are some Muslim "extremists" that think Islam is the only religion that should be taught in the world and these "extremists" are like suddam huesane, asama binladen and most terrorists trying to destroy christians and jews.
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Noticed how gas prices are rising lately? There are a ton of reasons why we went to war, but I think that oil is one of the more notable ones. Oil is a natural resource so there's only so much of it on the Earth right now. It is created naturally, but it takes billions of years to do this. We are using it at a MUCH faster rate than that. Since oil is formed naturally, it must form in a particular environment. The middle east is one of the only places in the world where oil is formed. It is the only area in the world where there's enough of it to mine a lot of it efficiently. The US needs oil. We use a ton of it. Enough to be a cause in a war.
The US also has a tendency to try to make other countries exactly like us because "we are the best". The US is the "most successful" country in the world so we "obviously" have the "best" way of doing things and every other country should work just like ours. So, what happens is, we try to "help" and "fix" other countries for "their benefit". See what I'm getting at? Most countries in the world hate the US for this, but wouldn't they do the same if they had as much power as we did?
It's easy now, to say that the war was a mistake, but you really can't blame it for having started. Diplomats, people that are supposed to solve issues between countries aren't doing their jobs correctly. Most diplomats aren't professionals. They are just appointed into their positions. So, lets say you're the president. You're more likely to appoint one of your friends than someone that you don't know or have reason to trust, right? I guess the US doesn't have the "best" way of doing things after all huh? Anyway, these unprofessional, appointed diplomats don't have the skills needed to communicate, compromise, and basically do what they need to do to prevent wars like the one we are in now.
Something called real politik plays a part in all of this too. Real politik is (basically) the concept that there is a certain amount of power in the world. Wars can start because certain countries feel that the power that they have in the world is threatened. There's a mad rush to get more and more power. In order to get this power it must be taken from other countries. This ties in with the oil problem and leads directly to terrorism too. Terrorists have one goal. This goal is to upset the balance of power in the world and try to take advantage of the confusion to take the power for themselves.
Notice how everything is interconnected? One thing alone can't start and sustain a war, there are many, many factors involved that, together, equal more than the separate effects. Notice also how pretty much all of these issues relate to power? It seems like a silly reason to go to war, but wouldn't it be awful to be completely controlled by other countries and be fearful of being blown to smitherines if we didn't do what they wanted? There's a whole lot to think about here. I didn't even get to the half of it.
Don't let any of this lead you to think that I am either for or against the war. I don't think that my opinion is important in answering your question. Opinions and emotions cloud judgement and analysis of facts. I'm sure I didn't leave my opinions entirely out, but who can? Anyway, I hope I helped. :)
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First of all: Afghanistan attacked us, not Iraq. Afghanistan attacked because...well, that's complicated. For now let's just say they're anti-american.
We went into Iraq because we *allegedly* believed there were weapons of mass destruction (which we never found) there. However, many people, including soldiers, believe we are there for oil.
Keep in mind we have no way of truly knowing what's going on since the government obviously can't tell us everything and the media is insanely biased. Try to form your own opinions without being judgemental.
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What's the point of war, period? Because too many people with too much power in too many countries think its fun to show their asses...
No. We are not in Iraq because of 9/11. My opinion as to why we are there? Because of oil.
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