Two major justifications for starting the war were put forward by then-President George W. Bush, one of which was Saddam Hussein's connection to al-Qaeda and the other was the destruction of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction under the 1991 agreement. After the occupation of Iraq, neither of these two cases was not realized, but their false justifications were also exposed. In most analyzes against this invasion, the protection of Israel and Saudi Arabia can be considered as the most important hidden factors.