Iraq War Essay Example
June 3, 2011
Bill 5
You all have heard about this little thing called the Iraq War, Right? Well around these parts it’s kind of a big deal, and in these “parts” being the good old United States of America! Everyone should already know that it takes two to tango, and that’s no different from a war; there is always some cause or event has to happen for the effect of a war to take place. Well the justification for the invasion of Iraq is unclear. Yes a big part of the invasion was due to the 9/11 bombings, but was that all? The Bush Administration say they invaded Iraq to “Disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, end Saddam Hussein’s support for terrorism and to free the Iraqi people.”But is that really what they were trying to do? Or were they just trying to take oil from Iraq and the Iraqi people. There may be many reasons, some unclear, some very clear, and some hidden from the public. But what is certain is the Invasion of Iraq didn’t stop after the three week siege of Baghdad, it snowballed into a huge ten year “conflict” that still continues to this day, and has spread out of the Iraq borders. As we all know, Iraq has had many tiffs in their past years. For example, during World War One, Britain gained control of Baghdad in 1917, and in 1920 they created Iraq. During that same year there was the great Iraqi Revolution against the ruling of the British. Twelve years later both Britain and Iraq became independent states. Over the years, Iraq got back their stability of being independent and was then ruled by Saddam Hussein from July 1979 to March 2003. They have had countless numbers of foreign affairs, which varied throughout the years involving Egypt, Iran, and Israel. It’s easy to talk about the Iraq war, but to really understand it you have to know what Iraq was like before the war. During this time, people were very vulnerable. Iraq was a hard place to live in because the area was very rural and poor. Much of the land is either
Bill 5
You all have heard about this little thing called the Iraq War, Right? Well around these parts it’s kind of a big deal, and in these “parts” being the good old United States of America! Everyone should already know that it takes two to tango, and that’s no different from a war; there is always some cause or event has to happen for the effect of a war to take place. Well the justification for the invasion of Iraq is unclear. Yes a big part of the invasion was due to the 9/11 bombings, but was that all? The Bush Administration say they invaded Iraq to “Disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, end Saddam Hussein’s support for terrorism and to free the Iraqi people.”But is that really what they were trying to do? Or were they just trying to take oil from Iraq and the Iraqi people. There may be many reasons, some unclear, some very clear, and some hidden from the public. But what is certain is the Invasion of Iraq didn’t stop after the three week siege of Baghdad, it snowballed into a huge ten year “conflict” that still continues to this day, and has spread out of the Iraq borders. As we all know, Iraq has had many tiffs in their past years. For example, during World War One, Britain gained control of Baghdad in 1917, and in 1920 they created Iraq. During that same year there was the great Iraqi Revolution against the ruling of the British. Twelve years later both Britain and Iraq became independent states. Over the years, Iraq got back their stability of being independent and was then ruled by Saddam Hussein from July 1979 to March 2003. They have had countless numbers of foreign affairs, which varied throughout the years involving Egypt, Iran, and Israel. It’s easy to talk about the Iraq war, but to really understand it you have to know what Iraq was like before the war. During this time, people were very vulnerable. Iraq was a hard place to live in because the area was very rural and poor. Much of the land is either