Originally Posted by hkbajwa

No doubt Iraqi oil is not the only reason.

BUT

It has also been established that no WMDs existed. It has also been established that AQ and Iraq have no link. No AQ cells were active in Iraq prior to Us invasion, and there was a closer working relationship between the bushes and saddam than there is between saddam and osama.

Quite obviously the americans are not there out of altruistic reasons. The Saudi people arebeing suppressed by their despotic dictator. The kuwaitis get their dictator REINSTATED by the american forces.

SO iraq was not invaded because saddam was a mad dictator, cuz many US pals in the Middle East are loony dictators.

Saudi Arabia is THE MOST discriminatory country in the world against women. All the horror stories about suppression of women in muslim countries are based in SAUDI LAW. In fact saddam made sure that IRaqi women were given EQUAL RIGHTS as one of the first arab nations to do so.

SO iraq was also not invaded because of women's rights. I think this argument in itself is silly as gender equality has never been a reason for armed conflict.

You may be right that the US had deeper motives than OIL. BUT it's none of the above.

WHat then ?