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It wasn't because the US was already in the area. They planned to attack Iraq before Afghanistan. Seeing at least some reasoning they went with Afghanistan first, but plans to take Iraq were there from the start.

I'd argue that the Iraq objective was there before the September 11th attacks on the trade center. That was the adminstration's opportunity. Sad.

I have to admit that my post contained more than the US RDA of wry sarcasm.

But there was definitely a core of seriousness as well.