text: reasons for going to war?????? please help me. my class is having a debate!!!!!. 10 points for the deepest and best answer!!!! the reason stated by the president was to remove the threat of weapons of mass destruction from iraq. the administration publicly and repeal stated that there was proof of wmd, and that it was the duty of the united states to remove this threat before it was put to use. a statement was made at the u.n. by the bush administration that "we don't want the proof to be in the form of a mushroom cloud". that was referring to the theory that iraq not only had weapons of mass destruction, but was also pursuing a nuclear program.  no weapons of mass destruction were found by the un weapons inspectors in the years between the gulf war and this invasion. there were wmd that were destroyed immediately after the gulf war in 1991, and verified by the un weapons inspection teams.  in addition to this, there was a unified republican attempt to try to link saddam hussein to bin laden, 9/11 and al queda. this all proved to be baseless.  no weapons of mass destruction have been found since the invasion. this means that the reason for going to war was based on faulty intelligence to put it in the best light.