The real reasons for Bush the Second's war against Iraq

It seems to me there are several scenarios one can identify as the real reasons for the Bush Administration's Iraq war impetus. Take your choice or add more of your own:

Legitimate concerns about Hussein's store of weapons of mass destruction; primarily regarding their possible sale to international terrorist organizations. (The same concern also applies to North Korea with a different approach to resolving the more likely threat.)

Controlling Iraqi oil fields and weaken OPEC. Use Iraqi oil profits to pay for the war and any occupation-restoration-humanitarian financial expenses in both Iraq and in Afghanistan.

Diverting US attention away from Osama bin Laden during the US 2002 mid-term elections and the failure to find him and to destroy his organization. We know where Hussein is while we don't have a clue to bin Laden's whereabouts.

Karl Rove's 2002 mid-term election campaign strategy to rally voters to support President Bush and his party to gain control of the US Senate - the strategy may have simply gotten out of control once initiated. Don't be surprised to see the same "wag the dog" ruse again in 2004's presidential election. The US has a history of supporting war-time presidents.

Same reasons as above, but to divert US citizen attention away from devastated economy, corporate corruption, failed foreign and domestic policies---all to assure election of Republicans to regain control of the Senate and the reelection of Bush the Second in 2004. Retaining Republican power is the impetus behind everything being done.

Retaliation against Saddam Hussein for trying to kill George the First.

Bush the Second is just a new breed of meglomanic with imperialistic Napleonistic traits. One wonders if he will crown himself as savior of the world despite his (and Ronald Reagan's) Christian Fundamentalist belief in apocalypticism.

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tantor i am in shock, shock i tell you

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next thing you know you will be telling us the iraqi's will be electing Bill Clinton as their first president!

Dyslexia, as a Forum Guide, perhaps you can tell me if "Tantor" is a combative frequent poster on other sites using other names such as "Trashmaster", etc. His bellicose style reminds me of him.

Tantor,In your rants against BumbleBee, you did that author a disservice because Sept. 11 was never mentioned in that post.

What was being referenced was the fact that Karl Rove, et. al., stoked up the war flames for Dubya with S. Hussein as the world's meanest villain.

What you have forgotten, Tantor, is that the real villain in all of this is none other than Osama bin Laden. bin Laden's terrorists were responsible for Sept. 11, 2001, not Sadaam Hussein.

The implication here, Tantor, -- as you dust off your high school diploma -- is that our president has put the real villain, bin Laden, on hold while his administration creates a Hitleresque Hussein who has to be annihilated for the good of the entire planet. Along comes Dubya on his white stallion to save the world

Meanwhile, bin Laden is left to gather more followers and more weapons. If another Sept. 11-type incident occurs, Tantor, it is because people like you did not get the real message.

some people have a "need" to be right, they establish a posture of defense via attacking others.
some people have a "desire" to be right, they establish an attitude to seeking information rather than attacking others.
in real science this is know as the "null hypothesis" in which someone seeks to disprove his own thesis honestly, which leads to increasing his own credibility. it also makes for good science/knowledge.

There are not enough words in the English language, however, for you to convert me to your right-wing way of thinking (and vice-versa).

The best threads on A2k engage friendly people in friendly dialogue. You are not one of those people.