>>509838394yeah I'm saying we had no justification for it, our cover story that supposedly gave us the justification was a sham.
I don't really buy it being "for Israel" much either, as Iraq wasn't really messing with Israel at the time. I think the motivations were a lot simpler:
1. W wanted to nail Saddam because Saddam had tried to have his dad assassinated, so it was personal.
2. We'd failed to find Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and he needed a win to help him win the election later that year in 2004. Note that W tried to tie Saddam into 9/11 even though there was no real connection between the Saddam regime and Al'Qaeda. Like if you ask NPC's why we invaded Iraq they'll either say WMD's or 9/11.