November 2000: the real reason for the illegal invasion of Iraq. It was to defend the petrodollar. "The idea of switching to the euro has appeal to Iran and Iraq because they feel if several major oil producers did it they could create a stampede from the dollar which would weaken Washington."

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"Good" reasons for going into Iraq? No, there weren't any. The entire invasion was based on lies.

The idea of Saddam giving chemical weapons (which he didn't have) to Al-Qaeda is as ridiculous as Jews giving Zyklon-B to Hitler.