Was Iraq a setup?

[ironchef]

Bush Sr. did not want to go into Iraq in Desert Storm although we had the chance he figured an invasion into Iraq would have been disaster.

The more I research this subject the more I conclude that while some had ulterior motives of going into Iraq, I think the administration genuinely thought they were working off of viable intelligence. The Pentagon had the want to go into Iraq because they wanted to take terrorism head on and the Pentagon figured that Saddam was a big part of it.

I've stated before that this war has something to do with keeping the Iraq oil reserves in Dollars rather than Euros and I do think that is a fringe benefit.. even an incentive to further pursue occupation in Iraq.

Don't see the point of that since the value of the dollar dropped tremendously.

[tony]

Don't see the point of that since the value of the dollar dropped tremendously.

Saddam began the process of switching Iraq's reserves back in 2000, well before the dollar tanked as we know it now. Had Sadam switched to Euro's our situation would be much worse.. (actually they did, it was switched back to dollars after the invasion which leads me to believe it was a factor)