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Some of it had to do with "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". Getting even with Iran over the hostage deal.
What's wrong with protecting the oil interests? I've heard all the whining and crying over the price of gas. We are in an oil economy. Saddam couldn't be allowed to control the oil production in the Middle East. However, if the only thing the US wanted was the oil, you're right, we didn't have to liberate Iraq. Our forces were already in Kuwait, and we could have just taken it over. Who would have stopped us? Besides, Kuwait has more oil than Iraq. It would have been much, much easier, and cheaper.
I don't think some of you understand that if the oil supply is shut off, it will lead to a depression worse than the Great Depression, and most likely to a world war. Still, despite what some think, Iraq was not about taking their oil, it was about removing Saddam and liberating the people, and letting some form of democracy get a foot hold in an Arab country. But, some of you would rather believe the motives are entirely evil, and Bush is Satan incarnate. It's obvious.
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