Why did Bush/Obama attack Iraq/Libya when that country had no intention of attacking us?

Your facts are just a bit off. It took 12 years for a nation to enforce the peace treaty signed by the UN, USA and its Coalition and Iraq after Desert Storm.

Bush dis rush to war. The UN and US arms inspectors asked Bush to hold off on the invasion so that they could confirm Bush's assertions on WMDs. Bush had based his accusations on cherry-picked evidence, and outright lies.

He needed to ignore the UN, and attack Iraq immediately, before his BS was discovered; he wanted to have Baghdad in his hands before the UN called his bluff. Even if 9/11 had never happened, there would still be US troops in Iraq: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for... Case in point: when US forces entered Baghdad, EVERY government institution was left open to looting, the Baghdad Museum stuffed with artifacts 5000 years old, were stolen. Government offices were stripped of furniture and everything else.

There was only ONE building that wasn't trashed - the IRAQI OIL MINISTRY. There were troops THERE. The Iraqi war wasn't about terrorism or WMDs; it was about the seizure of Iraq's oil resources and establishing bases for a later attack on Iran.

Obama has said there will be no US ground troops for Libya - aircraft and cruise missiles cannot take or hold ground, only soldiers can. Republicans have done nothing but filibuster and block everything that Obama has done, and now they're whining about not being consulted. You bet your a** that Bush didn't consult Congress, or anyone else when they were making plans for the Iraq attack, which was probably the day after Bush moved into the White House.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.