The 'religious' element to the invasion of Iraq:

'I know that it is currently politically incorrect to quote Bob Woodward, but in his book, Plan of Attack, Woodward tells about asking President Bush if he asked his own father for advice about going to war against Iraq. According to Woodward, Bush replied that he had not asked his father for advice because, "He is the wrong father to appeal to for advice, the wrong father to go to, to appeal to, in terms of strength. There's a higher father that I appeal to."'

That is from

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-wallechinsky/what-is-the-real-reason-g_b_11116.html


That there was no religious element involved is nonsense. In North America the reasons were not spelled out as official policy, but it surely was an influence among other reasons, and most of us knew that God was working for us, as usual.

In wars, there is lots of money to be made. And some corporations make a killing.