To ask why Tony Blair invaded Iraq?

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AIBU to ask why Tony Blair decided to invade Iraq? I’m still unsure why.

He has said that he invaded Iraq because he was sure that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and also because he wanted to depose Saddam Hussein.

I don’t think that these reasons were his real reasons for deciding to invade Iraq though. I’m still unsure about what his actual reason was for invading Iraq - and maybe we’ll never know. I suppose part of the reason why he invaded Iraq was perhaps through pressure from the American government, though.

What does everyone else think?

Agree with Beetlejizz

Bush wanted to depose Saddam for many reasons, not least of which is because he wanted to hit back at the ME for 9/11 so he,’d look strong to the Americans.

Blair went along with it because he was persuaded that it was the right thing to do. He showed extremely poor judgement.

The US got ideas after the first gulf war. It was cheaper to leave the equipment to Saudi's and Kuwaiti's than ship it back home. A percentage of future oil revenues was the price for defending SA. So the US billed SA for the war.

Roll on to the second gulf war, much the same but this time it was privatised. After the initial invasion US soldiers resigned on Friday and employed by private defence organisations on Monday, Halliburton and Blackwater to name a couple. Salaries of $200k were heard of. Except this time the profits went to a few senators.

Now look what is happening in Syria. Someone else wants in on the act.