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Iraq invaded the small Persian Gulf nation of Kuwait because the Iraqi leader named Saddam Hussein wanted Kuwait's oil rich fields. The United States got involved in this war because the Middle Eastern country of Kuwait is where we mostly get our oil.
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On September 11,2001 there were muslim terrorist from Southwest Asia hijacked four U.S airliners and flew two of 4 planes into the twin towers in New York City, and the third plane flew into the Pentagon in Virginia and the fourth and last plane crashed in a field in Pennslyvania.
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The United States invaded Afganistan to find Osama Bin Laden. The United States also did this because the U.S also wanted to overthrow thier government called the Taliban because the Taliban offered Osama Bin Laden a safe haven
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George W. Bush annouced that Iraq had '" weapons of mass destruction " this concluded that the U.S. found a major threat in Iraq which is Saddam Hussein
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The U.S. finally invaded Iraq causing Saddam Hussein to be over thrown and there were never any " weapons of mass destruction " ever found.