Many people, however, believe that the US has many acceptable if not grand reasons to go to war such as Iraq being a haven for Al-Qaeda as well as many other terrorist associations or the Nuclear-Biological capacity of Hussein. Furthermore, they support President Bush's "evil triangle" theory. Some even went as far as stating “that the notorious Chamberlain-Hitler scenario will repeat itself if we keep compromising with Saddam Hussein.” It seems that the American leaders are being deceitful to their people as they try to cover their hunger for Iraqi resources by describing Saddam Hussein as a first-rate terrorist and a biggest threat to international security next to Osama bin Laden. It is in my opinion that it is quite immature, rather hasty and trigger-happy to wage a war using such reasoning.
Contrary to American propaganda, Saddam's regime is not a hotbed of terrorism. Saddam's Baathist Party is a nationalist regime, neither an Islamic one nor a Muslim one (CNN). There is no corroboration that he is or has ever been a big supporter of radical Islamic terrorism. “Radical Islam” is just as big a threat to any government on the world as it is to the United States as well as Saddam's government. Despite ridiculous lies from the Bush administration that Al-Qaeda is hiding in Iraq, it is clear that most of the support for Al-Qaeda comes from our "allies" like Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is the main ideological and financial base for Islamic extremism in general, thanks to their wonderful policy of teaching Islamic fundamentalism in many schools and paying off the resultant extremist groups to avoid a revolution on home ground (Frontline). Otherwise the Sept 11th attack and its aftermath could clearly demonstrate how well the Saudi Arabia Government has aided terrorism: fifteen of the individuals involved in the September 11 crimes were Saudi citizens, and the Saudi government was distinctly unhelpful in tracking down accomplices in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.
President Bush is trying to connect Iraq to September 11 when there is no connection. The Al Qaeda is responsible for September 11 not Saddam. Al Qaeda is bigger threat than Saddam. The public has not seen any evidence Saddam did anything to US but the have seen Al Qaeda did. Therefore, right now our main goal should be to bring Al Qaeda down. Attacking Iraq will not help in our war with Al Qaeda. War with Iraq is not necessary now, yet war will divert our resources from stopping Al Qaeda. If Al Qaeda has no connection with Iraq then why is President Bush going with this war? President Bush’s motives to go to war with Iraq do not seem to be in the nation’s best interest; perhaps his reasoning is personal.
Our leaders need to know that war is a serious matter and it can only be undertaken for the most serious reason. Those reasons, simply put, are the welfare and safety of the United States and its people. United States is a nation that was well founded upon law not on any personal caprice. War must be the decision of the whole people, united behind its leaders.
While war appears to be the quick solution for the American people and the American government, but I think we are missing the long-term goal. President Bush cannot expect the world to join us in fighting terrorism in the U.S., while it ignores the rest of the world's issues. We cannot overcome our reputation of imperialism and arrogance in much of the Arab world when our own allies perceive us as dismissive of their concerns. We need to change the opinions of our friends before we can change those of our enemies.
