Why did the US invade Iraq?

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Originally posted by newnickname:
Why did the US invade Iraq?

That depends on who you ask. And when you ask him...

Alan Moore

"And when you ask him..." - Alan

Great answer ! I wonder what historians will have to say about this in 50 years or so.

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Originally posted by DorianGreyed:
"And when you ask him..." - Alan

Great answer ! I wonder what historians will have to say about this in 50 years or so.

Well, we can now be pretty certain that it wasn't to stop Saddam's torturers:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1683578,00.html

"IRAQI security forces, set up by American and British troops, torture detainees by pulling out their fingernails, burning them with hot irons or giving them electric shocks, Iraqi officials say. Cases have also been recorded of bound prisoners being beaten to death by police."

Alan Moore