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Summary: The Decision To Go To War With Iraq

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The decision to go to War with Iraq In the article “ the decision to go to war with Iraq” Pfiffner explains how the United States of America made its decision against the regime of Saddam Hussein. With much media coverage focusing on the complexities and victims of the war, we may think that we have the specifics and details of this war; however, many of the details of this war were hidden and not shared with the public. Furthermore, disagreements in the international community and within the American public about the wisdom of war with Iraq were mirrored in divisions within the U.S. The article clarifies the roles of those who decided the course of action, their relationship with each other, and the political and historical issues influencing …show more content…

It is substantial to understand that there was a significant difference of opinions among these diverse groups. On the pro-war side were the neocons and the political leadership of the bush administration: VP Cheney, secretary of defense Rumsfeld and his deputy Wolfiwutz .the neocons were convinced that Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat to U.S and they were optimistic about the ability of the U.S military action to establish a democratic government in Iraq with beneficial consequences for the middle east.at first Bush was against the decision to go to war with Iraq, but after 9/11, bush adopted the neocons vision of how national security policy should deal with the threat. However, The author argues the decision was made to rectify the profound mistake that was made by the first Bush administration. On the other side were the skeptics about the likelihood that war to depose Saddam Hussein would lead to democracy for Iraq as well as those who were dubious about some of the claims the administration made about Saddams’s WMD. The skeptic included many democrats and member’s of George H.W.Bush’s administration and some military leaders in the professional officer corps. The author points out some democrats supported the resolution because of their fear that a negative vote could be used …show more content…

Even when evidence shows that the investigation teams discovered that Iraq was neither involved in the terrorist attacks of 9/11 nor it had weapons of mass distraction. Furthermore, when the CIA presented intelligence request that was made by the administration to evaluate the level of threat posed by Iraq, Dick Cheney and his advisers pressured analysts to change their data and conclusions to support the administration's decision. When analysts refused to change their presented data, Donald Rumsfeld circumvented the established institutions of intelligence by creating an office of special plans. While rushing to war the administration made serious mistakes, they failed to accurately evaluate how the invasion will affect the infrastructure and the psych the Iraqi people. Ancient treasures were stolen, Utilities and services were severely impacted in the final outcome of the war decision were :(1) resources that were supposed to fight against terrorist are now diverted to fight in Iraq;(2) many nations were alienated by a hostile foreign U.S policy and (3) the number of extremists increased in the middle east. Such outcomes could have been avoided if the United States administration pursued

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