21 reasons to invade iraq
with a nod to devon largio recently of the university of illinois, and via foreign policy, i direct your attention to the chart included in this story.
between september 2001 and october 2002, george w. bush, dick cheney,richard perle, colin powell, condoleezza rice, donald rumsfeld paul wolfowitz, tom daschle, joseph lieberman and john mccain came up with no fewer than 21 reasons to go to war with iraq. the foreign policy article gives you a handy graphic representation. i’m going to put them on the text record here:
1. to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
2. for regime change.
3. to further the war on terror.
4. because of iraq’s violation of united nations resolutions.
5. because of saddam hussein’s evil dictatorship and actions.
6. because of a lack of weapons inspections in iraq.
7. to liberate iraq.
8. because of iraq’s ties to al qaeda.
9. because iraq was an imminent threat.
10. to disarm iraq.
11. to conclude the gulf war of 1991.
12. because hussein was a threat to the region.
13. for the safety of the world.
14. to support the united nations.
15. because the united states could (easy victory).
16. to preserve peace around the world.
17. because iraq was a unique threat.
18. to transform the region.
19. as a warning to other terrorist nations.
20. because hussein hates the united states and will act against it.
21. because history calls the united states to action.
with hindsight, it seems that we’ve pretty much settled on #18 for now. interestingly, this justification seems to have been presented only by richard perle back in the day.
My professor was telling me about some article with Bush’s twenty-one reasons to go to war with Iraq. I missed it. Is that the one you are referring to? Which academic journal or newspaper or magazine was it in?
Comment by lauren — January 1, 2005 @ 8:00 pm
1. to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Thank God we found them
2. for regime change. A GREAT policy! Lets change regimes we don’t like or don’t benefit the US! Like the Bush regime?
3. to further the war on terror. ?????????
4. because of iraq’s violation of united nations resolutions. And thankfully we care lots about the UN! As long as they agree with us, damnit!
5. because of saddam hussein’s evil dictatorship and actions. And when we were tight, VERY tight with him, what was he? Our friend. and evil, and a dictator
6. because of a lack of weapons inspections in iraq. See #1 reason’s comment
7. to liberate iraq. They are throwing flowers at us! And roadside bombs.
8. because of iraq’s ties to al qaeda. ?????????
9. because iraq was an imminent threat. Soooo much proof of that…
10. to disarm iraq. See comment #1
11. to conclude the gulf war of 1991. ??????
12. because hussein was a threat to the region. ????
13. for the safety of the world. ???? At least the UN agreed with us…
14. to support the united nations. ?!?!?!
15. because the united states could (easy victory). AND IT IS SHOWING! AND CHEAPLY!!
16. to preserve peace around the world. What bullshit
17. because iraq was a unique threat. ?? Unique, as in, we wanted to go to war?
18. to transform the region. AND LOOKAT THE CHANGES!
19. as a warning to other terrorist nations. The terrorists are quaking! NO attacks since we invaded, except for, and , and……
20. because hussein hates the united states and will act against it. Mind reading!!!
21. because history calls the united states to action. What if history called and we didn’t have call waiting?
You, man, are a moron.
Comment by don hof — November 10, 2005 @ 11:06 am
into and through iraq
mother jones gives us a [flash-based] timeline of the deceptions used to justify an invasion of iraq. days later, the united states department of defense sends a report to congress, which we find on the net via paul craig roberts….
Trackback by meta-roj blog — September 6, 2006 @ 4:39 am
An outstanding summary of the truth behind the falsehoods of the present administration.
Comment by Jerry — December 31, 2006 @ 4:05 pm
I’m still young and I know thats total bull crap!
Comment by chris — April 1, 2008 @ 8:57 pm
stupid load of crap…. all can be disproven
Comment by luke — May 14, 2008 @ 12:12 am