On Monday, December 22, 2014 12:17:14 PM UTC-5, nestork wrote:
trader_4;3324428 Wrote:

All of that is correct and makes sense, except the last part. Bush
went
after Al Qaeda in Afghanistan first, because Saddam was acting like he
had
WMDs? Bush went after Al Qaeda in Afghanistan because of the 911
attack,
end of story.

Well, that's exactly what I meant.

But that isn't what you posted.


Bush knew that Al Queda was responsible for 9-11. All of the
information he had suggested that Saddam was hiding WMD's. So, the Bush
Whitehouse adopted an "Afghanistan first" policy of getting rid of Bin
Laden while UN weapons inspectors were dealing with Iraq, and then,
after dealing with Bin Laden, getting rid of Saddam in Iraq.


Iraq wasn't even on the radar map in terms of invasion before 911.
After that, everything changed.