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Reasons For The 2003 Invasion Of Iraq

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The 2003 Invasion of Iraq was a direct result of the Twin Towers being destroyed after the hijackings. We should have never invaded Iraq, but since we did we should have stayed to help stabilize and support the region. The direct result of invading Iraq caused terrorists groups specifically Al Qaeda in the region to target not only America but it's abroad interests. By invading we were doing exactly what the terrorist wanted us to and we were not really helping our situation due to the people who carried out these bombings were not from Iraq, but actually were Saudi men. These mens goals were to get America in their backyard so they could kill us and drag on a long and costly war.

The American government is today still criticized for its response to the terrorist attacks! There have been people who try and discover why exactly did the US invade Iraq. If you didn't know the US at the time was going through a oil crisis like much of the world due to the Saddam regime tightening its ties with the oil laden countries round the world including the Middle East. Also, you may not have known that there were way before these invasions, plans to invade the entire Middle East …show more content…

The attacks just gave the US a reason to start their plans to implement American oil company execs to the Middle East to up the production of oil and to privatize the oil market between the US and Britain. Before the invasion the oil companies of Iraq were all nationalized and were closed off to western capitalism after the war they actually don’t even benefit the economy of Iraq at all for the most part. The funny thing is that a oil company that benefited from the invasion was Halliburton. which was run by Dick Cheney who was George Bush's running mate in

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