We Are At War!

When the US declared war on Iraq six months before the tragic events of September 11th, their main reason for invading was national security. But 8 years later, some are questioning the motives behind the US government’s decision to bring war on the Middle East. Many speculate it was a decision motivated by the American interest in oil, with considerable evidence pointing towards Bush’s main reason being that his cabinet said that 'Iraq remains a destabilising influence to the flow of oil to international markets from the Middle East'. Oil companies have seen profits increase fifty percent in the last year alone due to the war which makes one wonder, are US motives really as noble as they want us to think? Through the media and propaganda we are told that the invasion was an attempt in protecting Iraqi human rights, the threat of weapons of mass destruction, and other issues of concern, but how can we be so sure when thousands have died, and little if no change has been seen at all?
If you ask me, the fact that we are at war rarely enters my mind; it’s become a part of life for many people, and I don’t see the point. Little change has been made and the only outcome that has come from it is death. No progress has been made for the blood that has been shed. We have constantly waged wars in history, so naturally it must be human instinct, but when will we smarten up and learn from our mistakes? Does it really have to take thousands of lives to prove a point or make change?

Source:

Sunday Herald newspaper (UK), "Official: US oil at the heart of Iraq crisis", 6 October 2002.