There were many motivations behind Dubya's war of choice with Iraq.
1. Competition with Daddy. He had to finish what Daddy didn't, and become a war president and get reelected which Daddy didn't. The father son competition is as old as Egypt.
2. Saddam screwed the goose and made himself a threat to the Saudi's, the Arab world, and Israel, …
There were many motivations behind Dubya's war of choice with Iraq.
1. Competition with Daddy. He had to finish what Daddy didn't, and become a war president and get reelected which Daddy didn't. The father son competition is as old as Egypt.
2. Saddam screwed the goose and made himself a threat to the Saudi's, the Arab world, and Israel, when he declared himself Nebuchadnezzar reincarnated, and then a new Salah al din.
Thus posing a threat not only to Arab leadership by the Saudi's but also to the state of Israel
3. Lastly oil, but that was more Dick Cheney that Dubya. Dubya is like Trump, not a deep thinker, but totally transactional. Cheney saw a chance to grab Arab oil, but was foiled in the end. Halliburton was virtually bankrupt when Cheney was tabbed as VP by Bush.
There were many motivations behind Dubya's war of choice with Iraq.
1. Competition with Daddy. He had to finish what Daddy didn't, and become a war president and get reelected which Daddy didn't. The father son competition is as old as Egypt.
2. Saddam screwed the goose and made himself a threat to the Saudi's, the Arab world, and Israel, when he declared himself Nebuchadnezzar reincarnated, and then a new Salah al din.
Thus posing a threat not only to Arab leadership by the Saudi's but also to the state of Israel
3. Lastly oil, but that was more Dick Cheney that Dubya. Dubya is like Trump, not a deep thinker, but totally transactional. Cheney saw a chance to grab Arab oil, but was foiled in the end. Halliburton was virtually bankrupt when Cheney was tabbed as VP by Bush.
IMHO, #3, fealty to the military industrial complex, #2, #1. ?