Pros and Cons of Invading Iraq

Pros and cons of invading Iraq

In the years following Iraqi freedom in 2003, much controversy arose concerning President bush's plan to invade Iraq and remove Saddam hussein from power. This was because people believed that we didn't need to invade iraq and that President bush lied about him having weapons of mass destruction so we could go in and harvest the oil in the area. In my opinion I believe that bush did lie about the weapons to invade Iraq but not just for the oil. I think that It was mainly about getting him out of power because of all the fear he put into the council and countries of the United nations. I do think it was the right course of action getting this man out of power and avoiding and future world threats. There are many pros and cons to this decision. Some pro’s are that Iraq is a threat to the United states and that there is a possible tie between them and al qaeda and the 9/11 attack. Also because of the united nations resolution violations. Some cons to this decision are that the war was not legal and was not completed without the backing of the united nations, also it’s a financial burden(the war costed over 2 trillion). And that we invaded Iraq to harvest there oil. In my opinion, I think invading Iraq was neede but the way they went doing it was wrong. They shouldn't have touched any of the oil in the area. Also they shouldn't have spent a great amount of money on this war, 2 trillion dollars is a lot and I feel that they could have avoided spending so much. I think that the leadership that was in charge of this operation felt like they had a blank check and they could take as long as they want and do what they want. In my opinion they should have waited until they were exactly sure where Hussein was. Then they could have taken him out without spending so much on this