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byRobinH ( 124750 ) writes:
As a Canadian who was working in the US at the time, I can say that this period (2001 to ~2004) was just "weird". In particular, the pivot from a focus on Afghanistan to a sudden focus on Iraq. The invasion of Afghanistan made sense simply because Al Qaeda was known to be operating out of there and was being supported by the Taliban. There was broad international support for this.
The sudden push to invade Iraq came out of left field and didn't make any sense to me. Almost all of the 9/11 hijackers were
byDripdry ( 1062282 ) writes:
I had always read that it was because Saddam was beginning to trade in something besides the petro-dollar and was apparently gaining some success.
This freaked out the administration, and both Ds & Rs decided he needed to be eliminated. But they needed a flimsy excuse.
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