Reply #2: Huh, George HW Bush didn't really invade Iraq [View All]

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He kicked the Iraqis out of Kuwait, encouraged a shiite rebellion, then changed his mind, and things went back to normal. In this interview he stated oil was one reason why he felt the Iraqis had to be forced out of Kuwait, he also stated he felt it was plain wrong for one country to invade another country and get away with it.

10 years later, his son George W Bush, convinced the US people and the US Congress the US should invade Iraq. At first the lie was about WMD, then it was changed to "liberating the Iraqis and turning Iraq into a democracy". This of course was a lie, and oil was only a subsidiary issue. If you are REALLY curious regarding the Iraq invasion in 2003, read the media, check which countries backed it the most, and you'll see a lot of it had to do with plain imperialism - Bush's handlers wanted the US to control Iraq, and not necessarily for its oil.