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Originally Posted by Tempest
9/11 allowed them to come up with a reason to invade Iraq and topple Saddam which they wanted to do in order to install permanent bases in the middle east to protect the oil etc. so they could shift carrier groups to the pacific.
Spend some time reading what the Bush "crew" want to do... They wanted Saddam gone from Iraq before 9/11 even occured.
http://www.newamericancentury.org/
read this
http://www.newamericancentury.org/Re...asDefenses.pdf |
Nice.
I honestly believe the US Government (and certainly Bush Jr) WANTED an excuse to invade Iraq, and establish a full time military base there. This is why there is no "exit plan" - We have no plans on leaving for the next forty years. We need a full time military base in the Middle east to "protect our interests there".
However, Bush Jr didn't need something like 9/11 to attack Iraq. We had a dozen valid reasons to invade Iraq to remove Saddam, starting with their trying to kill former President Bush to the fact that Iraq was shooting at US warplanes on a daily basis.
Bush wanted to invade and did it, but not because of 9/11.