Question: what was the Iraq war about

Gen Z here who never fully learned about Iraq war mostly bc I was too young when it was happening.

From my perspective, all I really know is that apparently he said there were WMDs but there weren’t. WTF was the Iraq war about? I was too busy playing webkinz and girlgogames when it was going on. Was it a good war to be in?

Was laughing at a Bushism compilation on YouTube but my mom got upset saying he was a good president, which is just bc of 9/11, like how people loved mayor rudy. She was republican at that time (bc of my dad)

I also don’t understand the gulf wars or Afghanistan. Why were we involved. Should we have been?

I also can’t ever criticize Ronald Regan in front of her bc of that republican brainwashing of his image. He was also Bad, from what I understand about the aids epidemic and the whole crack issue? An explanation on that would also help.

I’m good on US history up until the Cold War, pretty much. After that, my history classes were kinda lacking.