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You seem to be implying that Bush invaded Iraq not because Saddam Hussein was blatantly violating UN sanctions.....
Bush did not invade Iraq at a time when SH was "in" violation of UN sanctions. The decision to invade was was made five months after UN Resolution 1441 was passed, in which Bush agreed to give SH a "final opportunityto comply" with a all previous UN sanctions and violations. No Iraqi violation of 1441 was deemed to exist by the UNSC during those five months of inspections.
So Bush did not invade Iraq because of 'blatant" violations of UN inspections. That excuse is a right wing myth.
It is fair to speculate what the real reasons might be.
We do know as a matter of fact that there was a spike in crude oil pricing following the invasion. Halliburton held the patent on hydraulic fracking. The fracking boom took off in the U.S. when oil prices rocketed up to $80 a barrel.
Some coincidence eh?