text: war on terror? this is going to be a very opiniated question or whatever. but i would like to know your opinion about the war on terror. please give specific descriptions for reasons we should be in the war and/or reasons not to be in it. thanks! why is it called war on terror. was it not called war on terrorism just a few months back ? i think that war is built on a lie. the lie about wmd being ready and able to be a threat to the us. i can only say that this was a picked fight and later grab for any reason to get it started. when it got started it was a point of no return.  saddam is and was a crook , he have been that in the  00s in the 90s and in the 80s . even in the 70s.   here comes the part i dont understand. why arming saddam in the 80s like us did. they knew he was a crook but that didnt matter for reagan or bush sr. who cared about the iraqi peolpe back then supporting there oppressor.   in a way by being in iraq at the moment and hopefully building something that will last will bring some ease on us as a nation that before supported the iraqi peoples opressor. like clean up there own mess in a way.   before people begin jump me and call me anti american i will point out that us wasnt the only nation that supported saddam in the 80s. but since the question specific relate to us and iraq i have limited the answer or more correctly my point view in the issue.