Argumentative Essay On Obama

When the United States seized control over Iraq, many Iraqi citizens were left without a job. As a result of this widespread unemployment, recruitment for Muslim extremist groups thrived. Lt. General Michael Flynn, a key figure of the War, has admitted “As brutal as Saddam Hussein was, it was a mistake to just eliminate him.” Flynn went on to say. “The same is true for Moammar Gadhafi and for Libya, which is now a failed state. The historic lesson is that it was a strategic failure to go into Iraq. History will not be and should not be kind with that

The disbanding of the Iraqi army and “debathification” or dismantling of the government in place only served to increase the casualties of American troops and Iraqi civilians as the radical Sunni insurgency expanded. This point of cause and effect, clash of two distinct political and cultural worlds, defined this war for the generation serving, at home and the future generations. The threat of increasing terrorism after the attack of September 11, 2001 was one of the driving force of invasion of Iraq. However, in one analysis the increase of global terrorism today is told to be well contributed by the conflicts that were fueled by the western presence in Iraq and the surrounding

After divulging majority of the nature of the operation, he indicates that the threat has not ended, and implicitly speaks about Al Qaeda’s pursuit to do malice to the United States--as well as the world. President Obama’s intention is to

Jason M. Breslow. “ How Saddam’s Former Soldiers Are Fueling the Rise of ISIS.” PBS SoCal. Date Published October 28, 2014. Access Date 5/13/16. Web.

President Obama is one of those people who does not obtain the desire to send troops to fight Isis, for he expresses this opinion in his statement, “This is not a traditional military opponent, we can retake territory and as long as we keep our troops there we can hold it. But that does not solve the underlying problem of eliminating the dynamics that are producing these kinds of violent, extremist groups,” (“Obama Won’t Send,” 2015). President Obama has been faced with war decisions on terrorism prior to Isis with the terrorist group, Al Qaeda. When Barack Obama became president, he sent most of America’s ground troops in Iraq home to their families. He then announced the United States was no longer pursuing a War on Terror, but rather focusing the military on specific enemies. This war tactic ended in success, given the Navy SEALs raided the Al Qaeda leader’s compound. Navy SEALs then shot and killed Al Qaeda’s leader, Osama Bin

The American invasion of Iraq in March 2003 led to the collapse of Saddam Hussein, yet unleashed a huge partisan war. The instability has led to many terrorist organizations feeding on the chaos, most notably, Al-Qaeda and, now, ISIS (Daesh). The Bush administration’s decision to invade Iraq was not successful in stopping the spread of terrorism and has led to strained relations with many countries.

As his second term went on, President Obama was faced with crises throughout the Middle East. In Israel, hopes for a two-state solution were being questioned continually by conflicts between the Palestinians and Israelis, in Libya a military intervention created turmoil and opened territory for extremist expansion, in Syria a civil war developed, and in both Syria and the US-supported Iraq, a new terrorist regime under the name ISIS formed filling the voids left by the lack of control in the regions. In handling terrorist issues, President Obama’s policies continually failed, and slowly returned to the focus on hard, at times unilateral, power. This reluctant use of hard power was primarily done under the auspices of drone programs and special forces operations, which Masters describes as having increased throughout Obama’s years in office (Masters 2013). The policy led to momentary victories, such as the elimination of Osama bin Laden. Despite this, the Obama administration continued to falter trying to appease to a diplomatic world.

Nouri al-Maliki became Prime Minister in 2006 and remained in office until 2014. The al-Maliki government enacted policies that were widely seen as having the effect of alienating the country's Sunni minority and worsening sectarian tensions. In the summer of 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) launched a military offensive in Northern Iraq and declared a worldwide Islamic caliphate, eliciting another military response from the United States and its allies. The Iraq War caused hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties and thousands of military casualties (see estimates below). The majority of casualties occurred as a result of the insurgency and civil conflicts between 2004 and 2007.In Summer 2003, the multinational forces focused on capturing the remaining leaders of the former government. On 22 July, a raid by the U.S. 101st Airborne Division and soldiers from Task Force 20 killed Saddam's sons (Uday and Qusay) along with one of his grandsons. In all, over 300 top leaders of the former government were killed or captured, as well as numerous lesser functionaries and military personnel.Throughout 2008, U.S. officials and independent think tanks began to point to improvements in the security situation, as measured by key statistics. According to the U.S. Defense Department, in December 2008 the "overall level of violence" in the country had dropped 80% since before the surge began

Former Baathists were helping ISIS succeed with their agenda. The Baathists were behind ISIS and helped them with their coordination and training for the attacks. Baathists were supporters of Saddam Hussain. Saddam Hussain was in office from February 1964 – 9 April 2003 and was killed on December 30th,

Eventually, many of Iraq's Sunnis turned against al-Qaeda, and with significant assistance from US forces largely defeated them. Zarqawi was killed in a 2006 US airstrike. By the end of 2008, it looked like Iraq might have a real chance at recovering from the US-launched war.

The Islamic State, also referred as ISIS or ISIL, where its roots can be followed to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, with the financial support of Osama bin Laden and his Islamist terrorist organization, al-Qaeda, Zarqawi in 1999 formed a jihadist group, Jama’at al- Tawhid wal-Jihad (“Islamic State”). Zarqawi ruthlessly attacked civilians and destroyed religious sites in an effort to ignite a war between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims (“Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)”). Zarqawi and his successor, who started a militant group called Islamic state in Iraq (ISI), were killed. After the death of both al-Qaeda leaders, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi took control over ISI, he preyed upon the religious divide between Sunnis and Shi’as to stir up mistrust and recruit more fighters to his group (“Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)”). “[Baghdadi] staged a series of suicide bombings and high-profile attacks in Iraq...he also formed another militant group, the al-Nusra Front, to battle the government forces of President Bashar al-Assad”(“Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)”). Towards the end of 2013, ISIS and ISIL began to get involved in the Syrian Civil war, and even though they are against the government, they also continue their policy of violence towards civilians and in many cases considered worse than the tyrannies inflicted by Assad’s regime and his

Although U.S gained victories under Bush administration from these two wars: overthrowning enemies (Saddam Hussein and Taliban), democratizing Afghanistan and Iraq and reaching oil in Iraq, there are some problems challenge U.S. That was a reason for Obama to plan an end of these two missions when he came to office. However, Obama faced with new issue: ISIS. As in Stern and Berger’s book (2015), Al-Qaeda was the origin of ISIS. They were one organization before conflict and ISIS became a new terrorist group (Stern & Berger, 2015). Hashim (2014) also mentioned ISIS was born from Al-Qaeda. That referred ISIS was created from the miscalculation of U.S from Afghanistan civil war in which supported for the development of Al-Qaeda, but not thinking about the danger from this extremist terrorist group. Purpose of Al-Qaeda is establishing Islamic state rather secular democratic state. Therefore, it against U.S because of recognizing U.S as its threat. U.S strategic thinkers at that time did not calculate this problem, they only think about solution to deal with Soviet Union. Nevertheless, Bush administration continue made mistake when deployed mission in Afghanistan 2001. Though Bush administration toppled Taliban who was accused of linking with Al-Qaeda in 11/9, he falied in finding and rooting cause of terrorism. He concentrated more on eliminating Al-Qaeda and defeating Taliban but lacking of helping Afghanistan to be more democratic state and improve Afghanistanian living. That

After the withdrawal of American troop in 2011 in Iraq, There was a growing violence attack coming from Sunni groups in Iraq against the majority Shia population, a group that also now have power in the country. Isis is an invention to regional instability in Iraq, Syria and the result of decades of conflict and violence. The generation that is working for Isis understands nothing about Isis but war, as they have grown up observing warfare since their adolescence. When the United of States invaded Iraq in 2003 and overthrew Saddam Hussein's government, it created a power vacuum in the country that was previously control by his administration. This allowed for an extreme kind of radicalism to appear that shaped itself within Isis. Isis began

In the latest edition of the National Security Strategy, President Obama outlined his primary objective in dealing with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. “We [The US & partners] are leading a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL. At the same time, we will continue to pursue a lasting political solution to the devastating conflict in Syria.” (White House 2015) While these represent carefully crafted talking points, the complexity of the situation is evidently clear and the challenged of an accomplished goal is not lost. The United States

Early in the spring of March 2011, protests began to break out in Syria over Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad. This was the beginning of the Civil war in Syria. Month 's after the protest started al-Baghdadi the president decided to make his power known to all for doubted him, In August; he began to send Syria and Isis fighters in the cities to keep his citizen in line. This is when the power changed. Al-Baghdadi soon lost control of his fighter forces and they soon turned on him joining Isis. Isis counties to take state by state from the Syrian government, it already has back 70% of the country of Syria.