First, this war is sanctioned by the United States of America
namely, George Bush Junior. England sent its reinforcements because
it sees a potential for it to benefit after the war, mainly from
USA.
However, if you have heard or you know George Bush Senior's
post-Gulf War speech, you would know that the USA is riding on that
reason to attack Iraq. The reason? It is that if Saddam or Iraq
does something that USA is not happy about, USA would not hesitate
to take military actions against Iraq.
Some people say that this war is about USA getting hold of the oil
in Iraq, it could be true. But i think that the oil could be more
for the USA themselves rather than for export purposes. Imagine a
superpower country able to supply themselves with raw fuel, water,
large land area, amassed wealth, significant control over world's
economy. The raw fuel factor will definitely add to the power to
the USA, no trade sanctions or embargo will significantly weaken
the USA. This move can and i believe is actually planned long
before when the UN refused immunity against war crimes for USA
soldiers in times of war (but this is a story for another
time.)
There can be many more other reasons which everybody else can come
up with, but only the people of Whitehouse knows exactly what is
the goal of this war.
The repercussions of this war? We all know that if US or Britain OR
BOTH gain control of the raw fuel, it might fall if either of them
decides to use it for export (mainly Britain), but if might also
rise if US decides not to use the fuel for commercial purposes or
both of them shares the same ambition. But peace will definitely
remain for long, read NORTH KOREA. This is the real deciding
factor, if Kim Song Il decides to use his Nuclear warheads on his
purchased Scuds. So another reason for this war could also be Bush
punishing Saddam for selling Scuds to America's real threat, North
Korea.
But heck anyway, who is concerned abt abandoned babies in SG?!
Nobody!
