What Caused The Iraq War

Justification of the War in Iraq Despite contrary belief, the Iraq War can certainly be justified. This war began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by U.S troops under the command of former president, George W. Bush. This invasion can be vindicated for several reasons. The greatest is that Iraq was a severe menace to its own people due to a corrupt and distorted government, spearheaded by the dictator, Saddam Hussein. Furthermore, Iraq was a substantial threat to other nations in the world, including the United States of America because of its previous possession of weapons of mass destruction and ties with terrorist groups. It would be misleading to not mention the economic gains that motivated the American government to occupy Iraq.

In 2003, President George Walker Bush and his administration sent the United States military to war in Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s ruler and dictator, who murdered over 600,000 innocent people, and “...used chemical weapons to remove Kurds from their villages in northern Iraq…” (Rosenberg 2). According to the Department of Defense’s website, the war removed Saddam Hussein from power, ending an era when “Iraqis had fewer rights than when its representatives signed the Human Rights Declaration in 1948” (1). American blood, money, and honor was spent in what was allegedly a personal war and perhaps a fight to gain oil and natural resources, but only history may reveal the truth. Although the Iraq War removed tyrant Saddam Hussein from power, the failures of the war dwarf the successes.

“Previously the United States has always been sociable with brutal dictators such as Saddam Hussein, as long as it was a financial advantage to America” (Zinn). Now that Saddam seems to be the only dictator afoot, the United States ironically takes action (Zinn). However Saddam was blamed for Sept. 11th, despite of all the evidence that clearly revealed that Saddam had nothing to do with the terrorists attack of that day. Nevertheless, if Saddam would have been connected to the assault of 9/11, still yet, the United States has no justification for war with Iraq, for the fault of one dictator. Hopefully the Bush Administration would not consider using the fear of the remembered day of 2001 to gain the necessary support of war (Walton).

The first step in establishing an Iraqi threat was to demonstrate that Iraq possessed WMD, meaning chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, and the means to deliver these weapons. The possession of these weapons would be in direct violation of U.N. resolutions put into effect after the Gulf War and hopefully justify any use of force under international law. Time and time again the Bush administration put forth statements that, “Saddam Hussein still has chemical and biological weapons and is increasing his capabilities to make more. And he is moving even closer to developing a nuclear weapon.” In February of 2003, one month before the U.S. waged war on Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell brought the administration’s case for war before the United Nations Security Council in an effort to garner U.N. support for an effort to disarm Iraq. By one count, “Powell made twenty-nine claims about Iraqi weapons, programs, behaviors,

The United States has been at war since its creation in 1776. It has battled confrontation 222 out of 239 years or, 93% of its existence. Notably, one of the most crucial wars is the War on Terror. Beginning in March of 2003, this war initially served the purpose of getting rid of the country's leader Saddam Hussein to prevent his use of suspected stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. Hussein has the questionable refinement of being the best known Middle Eastern ruler. He governed Iraq from 1979 until his capture in 2003. President Bush presumed he was harboring many chemical weapons such as synthetic warheads, shells, or aviation bombs. While politics justified this war the real war between Iraq and the U.S. began long before what recognized.

Was the war in Iraq a means to improve national security or a conspiracy to seek personal satisfaction? On March 19, 2003 a war was waged under public scrutiny, to destroy the Baathist regime headed by the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein. This pivotal point in United States history marked the beginning of public concern about political corruption within our government as a means to convey personal satisfaction.

The invasion of Iraq was held on March of 2003 and initiated the war of Iraq, the American occupation of Iraq has cost America thousands lives, thousand seriously wounded, and approximately $900 billion, and has negatively affected American interests throughout the world. The costs are not over. The 2003 Invasion of Iraq was promoted by America it was a polemical historical event in our society and around the world. Detractors against the war differed with the resolution of George W. Bush, President of the United States, to go to conflict with Iraq. While activists, pro-war supported his declaration for the invasion. Opponents of the invasion made claims that the war was a mistake “To invade Iraq without the U.N’s approval, because we think

The Iraq War, also known as the Second Persian Gulf War or Gulf War 2, started in March 2003 with the combined invasion of Iraq by the United States and Great Britain. President George Bush urged the invasion of Iraq for two reasons. First, the vulnerability of the United States following the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. Secondly, the belief in Iraq producing weapons of mass destruction and their support for terrorist groups in the region. In the early stages of the invasion, Iraqi troops did not stand a chance against the invading countries. Iraqi military forces were forced to flee or surrender which allowed for a relatively easy takeover of the country. With his county being completely dominated by allied forces, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein went into hiding. He was later found in December 2003, and was turned over to country officials. After being convicted of crimes against humanity, he was executed in 2006. With over 39,000 soldiers remaining in Iraq by the start of Barack Obama’s presidency, the new commander of chief of the United States announced they would be leaving the country upon by the end of 2011 (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2015).

With the help of these allies that we have lost, some thought that the United States military could easily accomplish disarming Saddam Hussein easily without any loss of soldiers or too much money while others predicted the costs would run high. War nay sayers dreaded that the war would put our country further into debt

The reason for the invasion of Iraq was that they were suspected of harboring weapons of mass destruction and they were a potential threat to world peace. However no evidence has ever been found of the existence of such weapons in Iraq and this brought a lot of criticism on the US. This was however not the first altercation the US has been involved in in the Gulf war they fought with Iraq in order to protect their oil interests in the gulf region. The united states in the past has been known for going to war to protect is economic interests from the second world war, to the Vietnam War to the Korean War. All was aimed to protect the economic superiority of the United States. The resolution that brought the gulf war to an end put Sadam Hussein in power and thereafter he failed to follow some compliances the United Nations had imposed and in 2003 the Us led a coalition of forces aimed to remove Sadam Hussein from power and it was successful as he was executed 3 years later. This however started war in the country with the people bring opposed to the occupying forces and the new government that was in place. They also had additional reasons for

Is war in Iraq really worth the risk? Should we continue to invade that Middle-Eastern Country or should we sit idly by waiting for an attack? One article says “There is no question that Iraq, as it stands today, has fallen short of American – and Iraqi – hopes and expectations. And there is no question that the costs of the war, for both sides, have been greater than anticipated. Even so, Iraq’s achievements – including the establishment of representative institutions against all odds – are hardly minor. The country could still become mired in a civil conflict that destabilizes the region. But it is equally or even more conceivable that, with relatively small amounts of continued U.S. support, the greatest strategic benefits of the Iraq intervention

The first was that Saddam Hussein had no WMD’s to hide. As Jamie Tarabuay puts it, “the search for WMD turned up empty-handed (2015).” Another reason against the war was that there was that Iran flourished after their main nemesis, Iraq, was destroyed; after the “death of [Iran’s] main nemesis, [Iran] now exerts greater influence over a region stretching from the Persian sands all the way to the verdant Levant (Tarabuay, 2015).” A third reason that people opposed the war is that the new Iraqi makes it hard to business regarding oil; the new government imposes “severe conditions” for new oil contracts and resists privatizing their oil fields (Tarabuay, 2015). A fourth reason that the other side claims that is that the Arab Spring and the invasion of Iraq had nothing to do with each other; Tarabuay claims that a connection with the Iraq War and the Arab Spring is Nonsense. A fifth reason is that the US did not make a democracy that worked; James Traub argues that while he believed the war could be just, President Bush did not accept responsibility for post-war nation building (2015). While both sides make very good arguments, the solution is not as black and white as it

President George W. Bush authorized the invasion of Iraq in 2003 citing that Saddam Hussein had been stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. In March of 2003 US led coalition forces entered the country and overthrew the Hussein regime. The conflict was very short causing some of the infantry units to not be used in combat. After the conflict ended many of these units were withdrawn from the country from lack of use. In the short term after the regime was toppled, there was still resistance from irregular units loyal to Saddam. A consequence of the early withdrawal of troops was the prolonged the need for American forces to remain in the country to end the resistance. The last of these combat troops were withdrawn in 2011 after eight

     The war waged on Iraq by the United States has been the cause of heated debate all over the world. Many people have opposed the United States attack on Iraq for many viable reasons. Some of these reasons include that it is not in the best interests for the reputation of the United States with the other nations of the global community, it poses an increased threat to United States homeland security, and it will result in many unjust crimes committed by the United States.

It was necessary for the American peoples' safety. You don't just stand idle if there is even the mere threat of biological weapons, you act upon it. What if there were weapons of mass destruction? What would you do? Even if the War cost money, freedom does not come free. I believe the human and economic cost of the war was merely the cost we had to pay for the liberation of Iraq's citizens. Saddam Hussein was incredibly suspicious, and had previously possessed weapons of the type. Saddam Hussein SUPPORTED TERRORISTS! Indeed, he supported Al Qaeda, the same group that recently attacked in the tragic event of 9/11. Iraq was a huge threat to us. When the United Nations wanted to examine suspected weapon sites, the dictator refused. This would be a red flag surely, if you have lick of common sense. It is easy now to say it was unnecessary, because we are excused from the conflict. Bush was protecting our safety, and we should recognize his diligence. Bush was trying the liberate Iraq, and in many ways, we did. They set up a new Constitution, and a parliament. Terrorist groups and violence rose afterwards, but that was not solely an outcome of the Iraq war. I believe these groups would be just as violent either way. We gave Iraq increased freedom, and freedom is truly a patriotic