Because the writing was on the wall Not enough oil in the future for all Has to make the world believe that they had been attacked Their economy has always survived on controling other countries and trading arms for commodities. Installing dictators and keeping populations in poverty is their game. That way there has always been enough to go round. No weapons of mass destruction in Iraq Iran has the right to go nuclear as it will be a neccesity for all countries. US is a criminal state run by those that profit from WAR! Australia is just a puppet state Rudd is no different and is already sucking hard for Israel. We wont buy the best weapons for Australia. We will buy obsolete EXPENSIVE weapons from the US as always. Just because our current short term standard of living is high doesnt mean we should close our eyes to reality.