{"id":100018,"date":"2026-05-17T02:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=100018"},"modified":"2025-12-29T00:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T05:06:11","slug":"why-the-us-invaded-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/05\/17\/why-the-us-invaded-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the US Invaded Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UZtFl8PMR-A?si=4myaP7EKrbN8FDhA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 21 Nov 2025<\/p>\n<p>The US invasion of Iraq was the culmination of several developments that started at the end of the Gulf War in 1991. In 2002, the Bush administration used the excuse of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) and claimed links between Saddam Hussein and <em>al Qaeda<\/em> to justify the invasion.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT US<br \/>\nGet Nebula with 40% off annual subscription with my link: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/realtimehistory\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/realtimehistory<\/a><br \/>\nWatch <em>Mad Kings<\/em> about Uday Hussein: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3E0dUh1eFBFemxuRmVHLUI0QjM3MXpvMnVXQXxBQ3Jtc0tuUmpSdWRfeFFyR3QxMEEta29vcm1Eczg4OS1WWmpjal8yS3Q1SktUcVdIS1hYT3NwTTlpSHIxLUxUcmpDTFdJaDZoSUJrNlJWN0FuUENrLVBxakJDalNZZ3FGV2tkTjd2U3ZqUjJwM2V6eXFROHdzRQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fnebula.tv%2Fvideos%2Fmadkings-uday-hussein%3Fref%3Drealtimehistory&#038;v=UZtFl8PMR-A\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/videos\/madkings-uda&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nGeorge Durrett, Luis Gonzalez, Mike Cumings, Jr., Charles Shananaquet II, Joel Sanchez, shane cawthon, Andrew Thomas Mooney, Chris Rohde, Bruce D, Jim Frame, Glenn Sugden, Lisa Anderson, George Haramundanis, G S, Kempf Mario, jhgBo8jigr hzufjkl, Gayle Elizabeth, Glenn G Webb, Stephen D Nugent PsyD, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Simen R\u00f8ste, Amy Williams, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, Josh Bruder, Konstantin Bredyuk, Richard L Benkin, Matt, Rob Carle, Murray Godfrey, Jan, Gage Manthey, Theodore Patrick Shannon, Bruce G. 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Frank P. <em>Explaining the Iraq War: Counterfactual Theory, Logic and Evidence<\/em>, Dalhousie University, 2011<br \/>\nHelfont, Samuel. <em>Iraq against the World: Saddam, America, and the Post-Cold War Order<\/em>, Oxford University Press, 2023<br \/>\nKameel, Joshua, &#8220;The Iraq War: Bad Intelligence or Bad Policy&#8221;, <em>American Intelligence Journal<\/em>, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2015<br \/>\nRecord, Jeffrey. &#8220;Why the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq: making Strategy after 9\/11&#8221;, <em>Strategic Studies Quarterly<\/em>, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2008 <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Mark Newton<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller<br \/>\nEditing: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMotion Design: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"http:\/\/above-zero.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nResearch by: Mark Newton, Florian Wittig<br \/>\nFact checking: Florian Wittig<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Florian Wittig<\/p>\n<p>Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images, picture alliance, and Reuters<br \/>\nMaps: MapTiler\/OpenStreetMap Contributors &#038; GEOlayers3<br \/>\nMusic Library: Epidemic Sound<\/p>\n<p>All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. 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