How did Operation Iraqi Freedom, turn into The War in Iraq?

Think back when we first originally deployed our troops to Iraq. I believe it was called Operation Iraqi Freedom or OIF for short; how did this gradually change to "The War on Iraq"? Weren't we supposed to help the Iraqis at first, and not kill them?

 

I'm not sure what you're implying here - the US troops aren't in Iraq to "kill" the Iraqi citizens, they're there to establish peace and order and eliminating the power from terrorist organizations.

 

I've heard rumors that the reason is because the Federal Reserve wants the US to keep borrowing money from them to fund the war so the Federal reserve can make money off the interest wanting them to remain in a war, but not really a war idk. There are also rumors that the US will have troops in Iran eventually and Venezuela one day. Not sure if it's true but I've heard rumors.

 

Mr bush has a fetish for oil.

 

Nothing bad about that though, that's probably the reason but everyone looks at it in a bad way, but if we weren't getting oil there then gas prices would be higher here in America, so people shouldn't get mad at Bush for that.

 

But we should get mad for bush not caring about other countries that are far worse off then iraq but only get involved because of the oil. And who is bush to just go over there and take it? what they did on september 11 was bad, but does anyone stop and think about america bombing bagdad and killing thousands of inoccent people? no.

The reason why the troops are stuck in iraq because saddam was the one keeping order in iraq, and since hes gone theres nothing stopping them once the troops leave.

 

The entire war was a crock from its conception. They lied before the invasion, during the invasion, and after the invasion. They specifically went out of their way to paint a false picture of Hussein having WMD - something that they knew he did not have.

 

This turned into a war because bush is a trigger happy son of a bitch that deserves to go back to like kindergarten

 

one word: bush

 

To quote Mr. George W. Bush in 2006: "One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect the War on Terror to Iraq".

 

I think everyone knew that it was for oil and freeing Iraq was rubbish.

Because no one agree that human can steal from human and no one agree that men can rap women and kill other men cuz they need oil. Do u live in a jungle ? .

All I can Say , THANK YOU.

Nice Opinion .

Didn't get it .

 

The "war" hasn't any benefits. Its raised the price of gas from the middle east. Killed 4,128 soldiers and wounded 30,464. So my real question was the "war" worth all the deaths and injuries?

No.

 

It means that Bush can not connect the War on Terror to Iraq. There's no link between them.

 

Wow , U care about the America army but u don't care about what they were killing !!. Good point .

Go it and I agree

 

Well it seems like we all upon one thing; it was fake from the beginning. Except for personal jesus, who still seems to be living in his own republican world.

 

Their primary objective is to kill terrorists, not innocent civillians. The majority of innocent lives that are lost were taken by terrorists blowing shit up in the name of Allah.

I know it's the new trend to hate Bush and blame the american troops for everything that's gone wrong in the middle-east, and I agree that the guy is a lying moron, but perhaps you should focus on his intentions - he wishes to make the entire world safe from terrorist threats. Don't you support war on terrorism, or would you prefer living under the constant threat of spontanous jihad?

Alas, Bush promised not a single barrel of oil would leave Iraq and find its way into the US economy, and so far he's kept that promise. Thus you cannot claim he's there to steal the oil

I'm not a republican, I'm a pirate.

 

No End In Sight.

Watch it.

 

First of all, George Bush is a moron. Now to the main point. It started because we went over there to try and stable Iraq and it's government. But, they started with all the attacks on American troops, pressuring the president to declare war. When he did, it lasted for over 5 years which was a huge mistake. For the amount of troops lost to try and help out a corrupt country was not worth the suffering of all the families who which their loved ones were killed. Why they stayed their so long? Dunno.

 

The name changes. All else remains the same.

Same package, different labels.

They were selling war to you under the name of freedom and you bought it. You get what you paid for, which is the package, not the label. Enjoy your war.

 

lol yeah, the Iraqis blow themselves up because they want us out of there by killing our own men, but they end up keeping us in there longer since we discovered terrorist groups there, once we stabilize that nation, we'll be out of there, but no idea how long it's going to take. American troops might end up in Iran also, prolonging this war, but in a neighboring nation.