How Did The Iraq War Affect Our Society

Iraq is an very rich country underneath the war ridden wasteland it is commonly viewed as today. The land is plentiful with natural resources and fertile soil, but war is destroying the country and its population. Not only is the Iraq war extremely devastating to the individual country, but the opposing terrorist groups, (especially ISIS), have created a new type of psychological warfare for the world in the form of extreme and constant terror in other countries. Iraq’s intense foreign influence and their recent history of war have brought them into a desperate state. They do have the resources and potential to rebuild though, but it will be difficult to do in the recent future.
In 1299, a small Islamic state on the outskirts of the Byzantine Empire started to grow its own empire under Osman I, the founder of the new Ottoman Dynasty. This state soon took over of much of Anatolia, (modern day Turkey), and eventually took Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. In 1535 CE, the Ottoman Empire took Baghdad and much of Iraq from the Persian Safavid Dynasty. The Ottoman Empire grew incredibly powerful, almost as powerful as
The UN got external support from the USA, the UK, Saudi Arabia, and 36 other countries contributed supplies and troops to the effort and donated large sums to the cause. The Iraqi military, the fifth largest in the world at that time, were destroyed in just 6 weeks. After Hussein withdrew from Kuwait, the UN called for the destruction of Iraq's nuclear and chemical weapon arsonal. The UN demanded that Hussein let inspectors in and dispose of all illegal weapons. Hussein appeared to comply, but US President George Bush believed he was not. US troops were deployed into and took control of Iraq. The occupation of Iraq, however was not as simple. US troops faced intense resistance from guerrilla fighters and were forced to leave after setting up a weak