shortly after 9/11 when the United States felt that Iraq leader Saddam Hussein had weapons of Mass Destruction. (WMD’s) With the rumor that Iraq had WMD’s President Bush felt the US military had to go on the offense to assure the safety of the country. With that in mind I agree with going to war in Iraq. Also‚ Saddam Hussein was also rumored to be supporting and housing terrorists and members of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Finally‚ Saddam Hussein committed many acts of violence against the Iraqi people that he reigned
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“War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will.” The United States issued an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein: leave Kuwait by 15 January1991 or face a full attack by the multinational force. This is what war is about. Carl von Clausewitz writings on the theory of war‚ especially his developed paradoxical trinity‚ center of gravity (COG)‚ and concept of friction shaped military leaders in their preparation‚ planning and conduct of warfare in operation Desert Storm in 1991. This US-led
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Syria to the west‚ Kuwait to the south‚ and Turkey to the north. Only thirty-six miles of Iraq’s borders touch the Persian Gulf. During that period‚ Saddam Hussein was president of the Republic of Iraq‚ secretary general of the Ba’ath Party‚ chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC)‚ and commander in chief of the armed forces. Hussein was known for his ruthlessness and want for total domination over all the nations of the world. His want for power‚ led to the invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
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conflict in Iraq is considered by many people to be an unimportant one. But from researching this topic for the past few weeks‚ I have come to the conclusion that this was a very serious conflict. When Iraq was ruled by the brutal tyrant‚ Saddam Hussein‚ they instantly became one of the most violent countries in the world. In twenty years‚ Saddam led the Iraqi military to two wars. One war was against Iran that lasted from 1980-1988 and was considered to be one of the bloodiest wars in the history
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war with Iraq was because of the belief that Saddam Hussein was harboring terrorists in Iraq and that he had in his possession weapons of mass destruction whether they were nuclear or gas bombs the United States had no idea. When also looking at reasons why the United States decided to enter into war with Iraq was because of the oil and the debate of how much is too much for a barrel of oil. Also that the United States wanted to get Saddam Hussein out of power and charge him with war crimes for killing
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America has a history of misleading the common people to gain public support. Whether rallying its citizens to fight the Nazis in Germany or to fight communism in Korea‚ the United States has‚ for the most part‚ been considered righteous. But the United States and more importantly the people that govern it‚ have had ulterior motives. The most prominent example was in the early 2000s on the tragic day of September 11. 9/11 was one of the most infamous incidents ever which unified the nation behind
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Bush administration and its officials assured the world that the Hussein regime was producing weapons of mass destruction or WMD’s‚ which would pose a huge security threat to all the nations around the world. Another being the fact that Hussein supported the group responsible for the attacks on our country on September 11th 2001‚ which angered plenty of Americans and seemingly justified violence to be used. And also the fact that Hussein needed to be removed from power as he was a brutal dictator who
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Iraq always being portrayed as the “bad guys.” When American troops were sent to Iraq‚ they took control over the people and their way of life. Unfortunately‚ the United States troops had mostly gone there to topple Saddam Hussein’s reign. Once Hussein had been killed in 2011‚ chaos rang through Iraq‚ as they had no leader‚ and their support from the U.S. was not much. This allowed for groups‚ such as ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)‚ that had been suppressed by America’s army to come into
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years between the United States and Iraq. The focus of this paper is on the geographical factors behind the war between Iraq and Kuwait but first of all I would have to start out with the facts and how the war came about. It all started when Saddam Hussein‚ the president of Iraq‚ ordered his military to invade Kuwait. Saddam Hussein’s motivation for this invasion was to assert control over Kuwait’s oil reserves (Duffy 107). Saddam believed that Kuwait was breaking agreements that limited oil production
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channel that emptied into the Persian Gulf. In return‚ the shah of Iran stopped arming and supporting the Kurds of northern Iraq in their rebellion. Positions of Iran and Iraq: After 1968‚ Iraq was ruled by President al-Bakr and‚ after 1979‚ Saddam Hussein. These men established friendly relations with both the Soviet Union and the West to build up Iraq’s arms and technology base. The ruling Baath Party espoused a Socialist‚ pan-Arab philosophy and was dominated by Sunnis. In Iran‚ however‚ the shah
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