The United Sates Invasion

The United Nations fights for humanitarian issues through the use of peaceful dialogue between countries and leaders. The UN's powers of authorising peacekeeping, sanctions and force when absolutely necessary is given to it by the UN charter, an international treaty. They are limited by the fact that they cannot make their resolutions and policies the law, however the important conversations they start and ideas that are shared are influential upon the many powerful leaders who choose to listen.

The invasion was slow. At first there were just a few, no more than 7. The government had kept it all quiet of course. Nobody blames them, not that there are many to blame them anyhow. It was all they could do not to cause panic, they were likely just as afraid as the rest of us. These monsters, these invaders from another world. There were rumors for decades, everyone wrote them off as crazy conspiracy nuts. Stories of aliens coming, taking people, leaving. They said these aliens did horrible things, wiped out millions of people over arguments, poisoned themselves over the span of years for the fun of it, watched others of their race beat each other near to death for entertainment. It all seemed so silly nobody thought much of it. That was

Therefore, by creating linkages in the minds of the American people between the all-too-real tragedy of September 11 and a supposed Iraqi threat, the Bush administration justified bringing Iraq into its War on Terror. These linkages lent a sense of immediacy and vindication to the War on Iraq, which would have otherwise been nearly impossible to engender.

In Article 2 of the U.N. Charter, it requires that all members "settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered. Most importantly, member states agree to a broad prohibition against use of force: "All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.'' These words

Americans know it as the Mexican War, but the people of Mexico know it by a different name. The U.S. Invasion. The borders of America after the Louisiana Purchase was finalized, went from what is now Oregon's eastern border all the way to the very northern tip of Texas and into Louisiana. But President Polk still wanted more land, so in 1836 when Texas won its independence from Mexico they scrambled to get the new republic annexed into the U.S. This caused problems with Mexico because when Texas signed the treaty with the U.S they, the Americans, were convinced the border was the Rio Grande. The Mexicans, on the other hand, thought it was the Nueces River. But the war became unavoidable once armed American soldiers crossed into Mexico. For

After the terrorist attack of 9/11 President George W. Bush wanted to declare war on Iraq, and chose not to wait on the approval of Congress. He made this decision not because they were a direct threat the the moment, but because they could be a possible threat a year or five from that point in time. Bush’s claims for declaring war are not reasonable by any means. Claiming that they could be a threat down the road years from now, is not a practical reason to declare war on another country, you do not have the be the one to strike first to stop a potential threat to your country. These “emergency” actions by Bush were illegal and should have caused him to be impeached.

The war in Iraq began in March of 2003. During this war personnel of the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency committed a chain of human rights violations. This was against prisoners in the Abu Ghraib Prison, which was in Iraq. These violations included torture, sodomy, sexual and physical abuse, rape, and murder. The abuse captured public attention and was widespread. The incidents received widespread condemnation both within the United States and abroad, because of the photographs and publication of the abuse by the news in April of 2004. Meanwhile, the soldiers received support from some conservative media within the United States.

The attacks carried out on September 11, 2001 were handled directly by Al-Qaeda. Being a terrorist group, Al-Qaeda does not directly associate with any particular country therefore Bush had no right to attack a country as a whole based solely off the actions of a particular group. “For the president, it was not necessary that there were manifest signs of that threat. After 9/11, such signs could no longer be expected” (DeCosse). This suggests that the reason Bush decided to go to war was solely based on one incident that happened, even though there were no threats being made. Although terrorist attacks such as 9/11 did occur, nothing like that would happen again, and be a very slim chance of any threat reaching the United States. There was no real motive other other than using an incident that happened in the past. It was beneficial to the Bush administration to portray the entire country of Iraq as a country of terrorists, when in reality is was only a small group that committed the crime. “International terrorism, the events of September 11, and Saddam Hussein, if not addressed, would weaken the international power of the United States” (Ortu). This emphasizes the fact that Bush used the event of 9/11 as a reason to go to war. He felt as if it were not addressed, terrorism would continue even though there was no reason at that point in time to go to would continue to attack the United States. Only stating the events of 9/11,

On September 11, 2001, America was changed forever. The Islamist group al-Qaeda hijacked four planes and attacked both towers of the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon, as well as an attack on the White House which ended with the plane crashing into a field in Pennsylvania. Approximately a month after the attack, President Bush declared the War on Terror. This led to the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War. The citizens of the United States had many mixed feelings about whether or not we should even go to war with Iraq; some were hesitant while others agreed with President Bush. In this essay, I will be explaining the arguments for and against the war and then state my own opinion on whether we should have or shouldn’t have gone to war.

To this day people wonder if the Bush Administration at the time had just cause to go to war with Iraq, who was under Saddam Hussein at the time. Through this paper I will be justifying that America was probably not in the right in starting this war, only going in for it 's best interest. Many different

The predictions made in 1990 according to Immerman (2016) were that Iraq was approximately five to ten years away from acquiring nuclear weapons. In the early 1990’s it began being reported that Iraq was making moves, such as producing uranium and advancing their nuclear programs proving the CIA intelligence to be less accurate than what they believed. With continued efforts to monitor Iraq by satellite and through information

From a realist perspective, the United States aimed to show that they will not fall under threat of terrorism but due to the fact that the terrorist attacks prior (such as 9/11) were actually linked to Saudi Arabia and not linked directly to Iraq in any way; it is disputed whether or not the attacks where only a display of hegemony and not at all to do with the threat of terrorism. Realism is the most dominant theory within International Relations but it has been criticized that realism poses arguments that are lacking in detail and therefore lack credibility. A realist perspective does not help to determine the decisions that will be made in relation to conflicts such as these as often they are made only in the best interests of that specific country. The U.S. under George W. Bush appeared to take a strongly realist view on the situation and reacted in a hubristic manner and in a way that was solely in the country’s own self-interest. “Realists, are well aware of the difficulty of spreading democracy, especially by military means. They also understand that even if the enterprise is successful, that is no guarantee that peace will break out.” (Mearsheimer 2005) showing that there is no guarantee of peace when using violent methods to solve conflicts and yet initiating an attack on Iraq was the first decision made. It may have been more important at the time to point attention to other pressing issues as opposed to creating more conflict, “Other casualties of the war include the lack of progress made with state building in Afghanistan, given the US focus on Iraq and the disproportionate allocation of resources there.” (Dunn, Tim & Mulaj, Klejda 2010) There were pre-existing conflicts between the United States and other non-Western countries and yet, it

The Reason for Going to War Since the beginning of the war on Iraq, over 8243 civilians, 11000 Iraqi soldiers and 642 Coalition soldiers have died. There has not been one day since a US soldier was killed and since the beginning of the occupation, 39750 bombs have been dropped and $117 billion dollars have been spent. And no weapons of mass destruction have been found.

The war against Iraq began on March 20, 2002, when the U.S lunched “Operation Iraqi Freedom”. This was after President Bush called Iraq part of an “axis of evil”, also calling the country dangerous which is threatening U.S with the world’s most destructive weapons. The major phase of the war began when U.S troops marched within 50 miles of Baghdad with heavy aerial attacks on Baghdad and other cities. After the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon which was believed to be the work of Al Qaeda, U.S was concerned about the security of the Untied States which lead to the war in Iraq. Even though U.S officials felt the war in Iraq is the main priority, but many people in U.S opposes the war which brings up a lot of controversial issues.

After the gulf wars, a ceasefire was negotiated between the United Nations coalition and Iraq. During the ceasefire, the United Nations became aware that Iraq had started a biological warfare program in the 1980s, as well as a chemical warfare program. Upon further investigation, they found that these programs had not continued after the war. As a result, the United States main focus moving forward was the removal of the Saddam regime, their official foreign policy for years to come focused on this goal. With the suspicions that Saddam Hussein had the abilities to acquire weapons of mass destruction, the Bush administration going as far as to claim he already had them, the United States and other countries began devising a plan of action. These countries strongly believed that Iraq was a treat to its neighbors and the rest of the world, and that the only solution was to invade Iraq. The United States invading Iraq in 2003 was a turning point in the reason why relationship between Iraq and the United States is the way it is today.