If it was known that children were being kidnapped from their beds and made to fight as resistance soldiers, would the United States stop it?  If the United States knew there were millions of people starving to death because they had to live in protective camps where land was infertile, would they let this continue?  As the current administration proclaims that the motive for the Invasion of Iraq was to promote democracy and relieve the Iraqi people of an “evil” dictator, it disregards atrocities such as the Ugandan genocide, which has been in effect since the early 1980’s.  Throughout history, the US has come to the rescue of nations in need, and aided in the ending of malicious crimes against humanity such as the Holocaust.  But in more modern times, has America only “spread democracy” in areas where it would be beneficial to have allies? 

Of all the wrong-doings in the world today—the civil wars, genocides, pedophilia, and racial oppression—the United States has chosen to remove a dictator who should have been removed over ten years ago for his genocidal acts.  Why now, in 2003, does America send its troops to “protect oil fields, that could come under terrorist control”, “eliminate weapons of mass destruction”, “combat terrorism”, and “promote democracy” in Iraq?  Also, why have many of the top leaders of the current administration, particularly Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, who previously supported Hussein's dictatorship in the 1980s when Iraq was the enemy of Iran, changed their views?

The reasonable explanation is because the War in Iraq, like most wars, is economically motivated; and although the war may be justifiable, lying to the American public to gain support is an impeachable offense.