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What Were The Motivations For The War On Irag?

Today people wonder: why are we in the war against Iraq? I too have wondered this question. After doing massive research and learning about the crookedness in the Bush administration, as well as viewing the negatives and positives of Iraq I have come to the conclusion that we are in this war to expand the U.S military power and to get in on Iraq’s oil reserves. Along with the expansion of U.S military power and the oil reserves the main reason why we went to war was because of the suspicion of weapons of mass destruction.

History tells us by the 1930’s the U.S had succeeded in pressuring the British to share petroleum rights in Iraq. There was an immediate interest in the land since then. With the knowledge of petroleum the U.S and British could be very wealthy countries once making contracts with other countries to use it. In 1931, Iraq became independent under King Feisal and Nuri-as-Said. In 1941 a pro-axis coup was overturned by British involvement. During this Coup, The German foreign office got a report from General Keitel of a large shipment, including, for example, some 15,000 rifles and about 800 machine guns. The Iraqi people were receiving military support from other countries such as Germany since they were established.

In 1979 Saddam had become prime minister and had been forming a dictatorial regime. His highest officials were his family members and natives from his home town Tikriti. In 1980 the Iraq - Iran war occurred because Iran supposedly didn’t give up land Iraq had felt was theirs. Saddam invaded Iran in 1980, starting a war that cost about one million casualties. Saddam used chemical warfare against Iran and used chemical warfare to suppress internal revolts by the Kurds in the north. The main point of the war that included the US was that “The United States and Western powers supported Iraq with arms and Western companies helped Saddam build chemical, biological and nuclear weapons capabilities. In 1981, Israel attacked...