The US Invasion Of IRAQ: American Way Of War
MW- 3 PART II
THE US INVASION OF IRAQ:AMERICAN WAY OF WAR AND THE DILEMMAS OF COUNTRY INSURGENCY
Q1. If the Saddam regime actually had possessed a substantial chemical and biological arsenal, would the American invasion of Iraq have been justified strategically? Explain why or why not Iraqi possession of such weapons would have threatened US vital security interests.
ANS. Iraq was in possession of Chemical Biological Weapons which it used against Iranians and also against Kurds in the 1980s.but at the same time Saddam’s forces never used chemical and/or biological weapons against Coalition troops. The reason can be that the intention of coalition forces was to liberate Kuwait and not to over throw Saddam or invade Iraq and using such weapons would have added more opposition against Saddam. If Iraq really had possessed a Chemical and Biological Weapons, probably its invasion would have not possible. If there were such weapons with Iraq and had it used those in the war and particularly against Israel, it would have been a big disaster not only for the region but for the whole world and the there would have been much different scenarios and would have been a mistake of the United States. …show more content…
Iraq as a state did not show any intention or designs against the US and its possession of any type of weapon may it is Chemical and Biological Weapons would have not impacted the security interests of the United States. This can be ascertained from the fact that Iraqis did not use these weapons during the First Gulf War of 1991 to threaten the US interests in any way even against Israel. However, by deceiving the world with wrong intelligence reports is not at all justified against the objectives they achieved particularly throwing Baa’th regime out of
THE US INVASION OF IRAQ:AMERICAN WAY OF WAR AND THE DILEMMAS OF COUNTRY INSURGENCY
Q1. If the Saddam regime actually had possessed a substantial chemical and biological arsenal, would the American invasion of Iraq have been justified strategically? Explain why or why not Iraqi possession of such weapons would have threatened US vital security interests.
ANS. Iraq was in possession of Chemical Biological Weapons which it used against Iranians and also against Kurds in the 1980s.but at the same time Saddam’s forces never used chemical and/or biological weapons against Coalition troops. The reason can be that the intention of coalition forces was to liberate Kuwait and not to over throw Saddam or invade Iraq and using such weapons would have added more opposition against Saddam. If Iraq really had possessed a Chemical and Biological Weapons, probably its invasion would have not possible. If there were such weapons with Iraq and had it used those in the war and particularly against Israel, it would have been a big disaster not only for the region but for the whole world and the there would have been much different scenarios and would have been a mistake of the United States. …show more content…
Iraq as a state did not show any intention or designs against the US and its possession of any type of weapon may it is Chemical and Biological Weapons would have not impacted the security interests of the United States. This can be ascertained from the fact that Iraqis did not use these weapons during the First Gulf War of 1991 to threaten the US interests in any way even against Israel. However, by deceiving the world with wrong intelligence reports is not at all justified against the objectives they achieved particularly throwing Baa’th regime out of