> The US decimated Iraq (literally) because Bush wanted to put thousands of angry teenagers and 20-somethings onto a battlefield for revenge for 9/11 when it wa

> The US decimated Iraq (literally) because Bush wanted to put thousands of angry teenagers and 20-somethings onto a battlefield for revenge for 9/11 when it was the Saudis all along. This is the reasoning that they openly gave for invading Iraq. Taking it as the "history" is just accepting propaganda. The US knew full well that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. We immediately knew who was responsible, and in the aftermath went out of our way to protect our relationship with Saudi Arabia and to defend them to the US public. Also, countries don't do things out of "revenge," that's a soap opera view of international politics. Administrations might take advantage of mean girl style narratives in order to sell something they want to do to parts of the public, but you can't mistake emotional propaganda for material causes.