Reply #2: Here's a 2-minute explanation of why. [View All]

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Before the war in Iraq, the U.S. went out "shopping" for Buddies. They planned this war a long time ago. When the war drums started beating, the State department went out to find potential allies. Lots of countries backed off. They knew it was a bad idea.

Why did England step up to the plate? I believe England was more or less coerced to do so. I have no doubt that the majority of Brits would say no to this insane plan. But England is in fact a serf to the U.S. They will do our bidding. It has to do with currency manipulation. The U.S. has been the world's leader through the financial markets.

England really had no choice. Bush forced them to go along with this plan. It was Blair's job to make it look good, to get people excited about it. They were most probably promised oil too. But that wasn't the overriding reason. It was the "carrot and stick" approach, but mostly stick.