Iraq... Operation Iraqi Freedom...

When the average American hears the word Iraq, many thoughts come flowing into their mind. Possibly the irreversible situation that the Bush Administration has brought America into, the constant fear of a terrorist attack from that country, or maybe that Operation Iraqi Freedom was started on the basis of “disarming Iraq of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), to end Saddam Hussein's support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people.” (Radio Address)
Although our President mentioned an invasion plan and how several other countries would be joining our coalition for peace he did not put forth any timeframe, nor any withdrawal timetables, which could be interpreted as a forethought that this war would continue beyond his administration. Throughout his Presidency, Bush and members of his administration have openly advocated instigating Iraq in the 2001 Terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers. Before United States Senate met in October of 2002 to vote on the “Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq” (Keegan 13), upwards of 60 senators were told in closed sessions that the country of Iraq had the WMDs, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the means to deliver them by UAVs, unmanned aerial vehicles, to the eastern United States. “While there was truth behind Saddam having UAVs at his disposal, purchased from the crumbling U.S.S.R, none of which, if any had offensive capabilities. According to the U.S. Air Force.” (Galbraith 24). Saddam had the planes, but they couldn’t bomb the United States without major modifications. Despite the U.S. Air Forces testimony, the Senate voted to give the President the power to invade Iraq, though never officially declaring war, stretching the U.S. Constitution quite a bit.
In “February 2002, the Central Intelligence Agency, under the direction of the Bush Administration, chose to send an agent to Niger to determine whether or not Iraq was attempting to purchase ‘yellowcake’ uranium for whatever purpose. The agent returned to the United States and informed his superiors that any report of Niger selling ‘yellowcake‘ to Iraq were ‘unequivocally wrong’ ” (Galbraith 31). With this information the Chief Executive of the United States could rest assured that Iraq was not being supplied any yellowcake uranium to use for nuclear power or to manufacture WMDs for offensive use, yet he still threatened Congress with the fear of terrorist attacks from the Middle East, and supposedly from Iraq.



I'm not even close to done with this, but unfortunately, this is all I've organized. I'll be adding larger chunks as soon as I've organized them into coherent sentences, but this is the bulk of my Research and going into the Iraq "Wars" process and initiation, and finding whom is responsible.