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Why did we go to Iraq?
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Good Question. Considering that Iraq was pretty much the
only country in the region with no verified links to Al-Qaeda, why
did the US go to Iraq?
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Originally Posted by thegamerslink
When did we start losing in Iraq?
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"Officially"? Never. The mission was accomplished.
With the people on the ground? Probably about the same time last year that the civilian body count surpasses what it had in nearly the three previous decades.
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Who are/were we fighting in Iraq?
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Supposedly Al-Qaeda... which had
no presence in Iraq until after the war started, and Mujahideen moved in "to protect Islam"... which is ironic as Iraq was also the most secular country in the region with Islam being about as widely practiced as Christianity is in America.
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Why did the price of oil rise so much?
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Mostly instability in the Middle East and depletion of strategic reserves... which were caused by a war in one of the Middle East's most oil rich countries, funnily enough.
Scorched earth burn offs of the oil feel depleted Iraq's oil reserves substantially.
It also made other Middle Eastern nations, already wary of the US, substantially more hostile due to perceived antagonisms. Such hostility is reflected asymmetrically. They know the US will kick their arse militarily, so they fight back in a way that hurts the average US citizen more than blood... Increased CPI.