Essay about The Persian Gulf War

The Iraq war was occurred in 2003 between Iraq and the Unites States. The United States invaded Iraq and overthrew Saddam Hussein despite not being backed by the United Nations because they claimed that Iraq had a WMD program and were linked to Al-Qaeda. However, no WMD program nor any direct links to Al-Qaeda were found. After the United States had occupied Iraq for a few months, Islamic extremist groups were founded. The United States goal of overthrowing Hussein was accomplished, but this was the incorrect time to overthrow him, as Islamic terrorist groups came in his place. The short-term effects of the Iraq war were the formation of AQI and the increased tensions between Shi’a and Sunni Muslims. The main long-term effect the Iraq War was an increase in worldwide distrust towards the United States. In conclusion, the Iraq War destabilized the Middle East by going against the UN security council and attacking Iraq, then finding neither a WMD program, nor links to Al-Qaeda, which were the reasons they invaded

What triggered the Iraq War that we are currently still having? During this time in history we were still in the cold war as well Cold War (1945–1991), a lot of events has happened during this time period. I am going to start with the Iran-Iraq war which started in 1980 and ended in 1988. The war began when Iraq invaded Iran, launching a simultaneous invasion by air and land into Iranian territory on 22 September 1980 following a long history of border disputes, and fears of Shia insurgency among Iraq's long-suppressed Shia majority influenced by the Iranian Revolution. (Wikipedia, Iran–Iraq War, 2011). This war had at least a million and half casualties and it severely damaged both their economies, the Iran-Iraq war conflict is often

In conclusion, the Iraq war was a pointless and unjust war. The Iraq Gulf war in 2003 did not meet the just war theory. Secondly, Virginia Held explained that there is no difference between war and terrorism. It does not matter if the war is just or unjust war and terrorism attacks are against the law. During war and terrorist attacks there are always civilian casualties. One casualty is to many.

People always question the Iraq War, why did it start, how did it end. The Iraq War started in March 20, 2013 and lasted till December 15, 2011. Between those years there was two phases to the Iraq War. First phase started in March to April of 2003 and the second phase started from 2003- till 2011. Within those years there was ten battles that took place in Iraq, Battle of Qurna, Baghdad, Debecka Pass, Haifa Street, Karbala, Najaf, Umm Qasr, Al Faw, Najaf, and the Battle of Basra. By the end of the war there was more than 4,486 American soldiers killed, and over 1,000,000 that were wounded. But for Iraq there was over 1,400,000 Iraqi deaths including soldiers and civilians.

The post 9/11 conflict in Iraq and the undeclared war in Vietnam both had a profound impact on the United States. These two military conflicts have been a source of contention among the American public for decades. These wars became tedious as a result of their longevity, both the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq lasted for almost a decade, and according to the US Department of Defense and Time magazine, those wars cost upwards of 100 billion dollars each. Another similarity between the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq is the high number of causalities. The Vietnam War has an estimated 1,353,000 casualty count that includes allied military deaths, NVA/VC military deaths, and civilians that died from both North and South Vietnam, from years 1965

The war ranged from 1980-1988 with both countries taking over 400 billion dollars in damage in both oil wells and cities. Iraq began the war by using "indiscriminate ballistic-missile attacks, extensive use of chemical weapons and attacks on third-country oil tankers in the Persian Gulf." -History.com. At this point Iraq had used the ban chemical weapons and began to push into the Iranian land. By 1988 cities along the border were in rubble and over 1,000,000 soldiers had died collectively. It was after the war that Saddam Hussein began to claim the nearing of a Nuclear Warhead. Some Americans thought he was bluffing while others grew worried of MAD coming back from the Cold War. As a result of the mismanaged and neglected cities and countries in the MIddle East, terror groups began to form so that order could be in the land, but they only caused terror and fear in the citizens. Flashforward to 2001 and the terrorism has grown to the outskirts of the capital city and everywhere else In Iraq. Saddam Hussein had made little to no effort to remove the threat from the country. Saddam was more focused on suppressing the Kurdish uprising, which had been and ongoing fight since the eighties. The UN had implemented sanctions against the Iraqi government for using deadly force on the nations own citizens. The UN had been keeping a close eye on Iraq, but now more than ever, Saddam had announced the Lethal Arms Program which was to develop nuclear and biological WMD. Later in 2002 George Bush stated the vulnerability of a Iraq nuclear strike and the collaboration between Iraq and the

The Iraq War was not a humanitarian intervention, but a humanitarian war. Humanitarian invention mainly consists of threats, and the United States made the decision to physically intervene in Iraq’s affairs. The United States main reason to go to war with Iraq was not motivated by humanitarian needs. Bush and his administration made the decision to declare war on Iraq for the sole purpose of preventing the weapons

threatened to bomb baghdad unless Saddam Hussein and his two sons left Iraq within 48 hours. However, they did not leave And baghdad was bombed. After the bombing the U.S. led seven raids on Baghdad and eventually in April and took control with very little resistance. U.S. soldiers tore down the statue of saddam Hussein that stood in the center of the city. For a short while there was period of peace before looting went rampage and the streets of Iraq became unsafe for thousands of people. On top of all the chaos in the country, Saddam Hussein was still not accounted for and still needed to be

For one, it triggered the Iraq War. It also gave people a sense of Saddam Hussein’s real character besides the fact that he joined a group to assassinate Prime Minister Abdel- Karim Qassem. As you may anticipate, Saddam Hussein’s life was dedicated to doing bad things as small as dictating people and as large as starting a war. This was was really significant because it revealed Saddam Hussein’s true character to the public and it illustrated that he is a man who should not be trusted or respected. All in all, the Persian Gulf War gave the public an essence of how life could be better and all they had to do was have a new

The uniqueness and terror of the 9/11 attack caused the American people, the media, and the Bush Jr. administration to go into a deep panic. Many of the President Bush Jr.’s actions during the “war on terror” conducted over the next 7 years can be seen as miscalculations made in response to that initial panic. Unfortunately, embarking on the Second Gulf War on the basis of WMDs in Iraq has become the most memorable blunder of Bush Jr.’s time in office. Unlike Saddam invading Kuwait, 9/11 was both surprising and deeply scary for Americans. As a result, the war was hastily planned, and conducted without full international approval. There was no overwhelming force this time, and our overstretched military stayed on a tight budget for years thereafter. The grandiose goals set by the second Bush administration steadily changed over time, and ended up drawing the war out for years, even after declaring “Mission Accomplished” in 2003. Nation building in a land that was not accustomed to democracy turned out to be a much longer and expensive process than our country was prepared for. Also, the lack of preparation for the high cost of rebuilding Iraq after the removal of the governing structure is something that is still haunting our country today. The rise of the Islamic State in Iraq can be attributed or at least was aided by the power vacuum that was created by the Second Iraq

The Persian Gulf War a U.S. - led war against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. The level of analysis that best explains that event is the individual level. Saddam Hussein made the decision to attack Kuwait in August of 1990. I believe that the cause of this war was based on one individual (Saddam Hussein) because of his previous decision to dissolve conflict and return territory that his troop had occupied. The Persian Gulf War led to countries chain gang to each other. With Britain, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, Japan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia versus Iraq, Jordan, Algeria, the Sudan, Yemen, Tunisia and the PLO. The sequences of events was caused by Saddam Hussein’s choice to occupy Kuwait, because of allegation that there was overproduction of

The U.S. involvement in Iraq has cost the U.S. over 150 casualties since the end of major operations. The war began with the Bush administration’s decision that Saddam Hussein needed to be taken out of power, and power in Iraq should be handed to its people. When war began Americans expected Saddam’s forces to fall will little resistance, and to some effect they did. Within a few months the war ended, and Hussein fled the country. Many Iraqi citizens rejoiced in the fall of tyranny and rise of a future democracy. Not every Iraqi felt joy when learning about the fall of Hussein. These people soon became the terrorists that are now causing more and more American troops to lose their lives. These attackers will never stop until Iraq is free from the United States’ control. Despite the attacks, and the massive loss of American life, Bush keeps telling the world that America will never back down (Stevenson). The fact is that America cannot back down. If the occupation of Iraq were to end today Iraq would fall under the reign of Hussein once again. Bush has no

Civilians were killed throughout the whole war. Since most of the war was aircraft based they both targeted high populated cities and both also targeted oil tanks. 546 oil tankers were damaged or destroyed during the war. Iraq uses chemical bombs and kills thousand of innocent people. In 1984 Iran loses 300,000 people including soldiers and civilians and Iraq loses 150,00 soldiers and civilians. The US began partially got involved by shooting down an Iran commercial airliner in 1988. Iran was cut off from U.S supplies and could not hold its own

About 19,000 people have been killed by ISIS in Iraq and over 3.2 million have been displaced since 2014, a recent report by the United Nations said, adding that the range of atrocities committed by the militant group include war crimes, crimes against humanity and "possible genocide."

The UN and surrounding countries of Iraq and Kuwait claim the Allied forces and the United States successfully won the war and positively influenced the area and weakened the Iraqi army. Also the DIA, or the defense intelligence agency, confirmed the end of war and the defeat of Iraq. Iraq was forced to comply with UN resolutions after operation desert storm. Due to the compliance of the UN initiative and the extraction of Iraq operation desert storm was a success and the US ended the war with victory. The United States of America benefitted extremely from their involvement and success in the Gulf War. They supported all surrounding countries, and achieved all of their militaristic and political goals in Iraq and Kuwait. The United States Military also proved themselves as a global super power in defeating the world renowned military of Iraq, and proving their military, economy, and political structure prominent. The United States improved their country's moral and patriotism by maintaining a stable economy, using their military power to defeat Iraq, and their political structure to reconstruct Kuwait's government. The United States Military completed all goals in the Gulf War and kept the post-warfare environment safe and stable and provided a strong case for their victory. But, it can be argued that the United States did not