Losing Iraq January 15‚ 2014 · http://warontherocks.com/2014/01/losing-iraq/ It was inevitable—not that the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS‚ formerly al-Qaeda in Iraq) would eventually exploit the ever-deteriorating political situation to re-establish control over Fallujah and Ramadi‚ but that here in the U.S. the finger pointing and blame game over “who lost Iraq” would eventually begin. But‚ while the recent events in Anbar province might have triggered the finger pointing‚ both the security
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more for the failed Iraq war. Congress is gearing up to pour more money to "stay the course" of the past two tragic years. Tell your Member of Congress that not one more dime should go to waging war in Iraq. Instead‚ the U.S. must end the occupation‚ bring our troops home‚ and support Iraqi sovereignty. Many good-intentioned people in the United States say we can’t withdraw our troops now and abandon Iraqis to chaos and disorder. Yet the U.S. presence on the streets of Iraq is fueling animosity
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Democratization in Iraq: Is it Possible? A successful democracy consists of more than just a statement of purpose. It requires a sustained commitment and clear objectives for the particular country’s needs. Creating a democracy for any country is easier said than done. Iraq is currently undergoing this transition. I believe complete democratization of Iraq will never take place. It is a long process consisting of many requirements to begin developing it‚ challenges that will slow down the process
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U.S. invasion of Iraq. Regardless of your views on the wisdom of that decision‚ it’s fair to say that the results were not what most Americans expected. Now that the war is officially over and most U.S. forces have withdrawn‚ what lessons should Americans (and others) draw from the experience? There are many lessons that one might learn‚ of course‚ but here are my Top 10 Lessons from the Iraq War. Lesson #1: The United States lost. The first and most important lesson of Iraq war is that we didn’t
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Throughout George W. Bush’s administration policy towards Iraq between January 2001 and his decision to intervene in March 2003 American foreign policymakers have demonstrated their desire to act unilaterally contrary to their declaration that multilateralism is extremely important. During George W. Bush’s first month in office his foreign policy team revealed to the American people that they were going to deal with the world in ways that previous Presidents had not done before‚ they would be
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of 9/11 on March 20‚ 2003 the US declared war against a corrupt Iraq. George Bush believed that the Iraqis had Weapons of Mass destruction (WMD). The world has known of Iraq having chemical weapons‚ in 1988 the government ordered a chemical weapon attack against the Kurdish Iraqis‚ whether they had a nuclear bomb was still a question. The potential threat of Nuclear warheads in Iraq could be a threat to any opposing country to Iraq including: US‚ Israel‚ and any other ally of the US and more. Saddam
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Iran-Iraq War The Iran-Iraq war started in the 1980s and continued till 1988 making it the longest conventional war after the second Sino-Japanese War(1). It officially began on Sept. 22‚ 1980‚ with an Iraqi land and air invasion of western Iran(1). The Iran-Iraq War was multifaceted and included religious schisms‚ border disputes‚ and political differences. The war broke hostilities ranging from conflicts between the religious pacts of Sunni-verses-Shia and Arab-verses-Persians‚ to a personal
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In Iraq‚ the Kurds have been unwelcome by the governments for many years. As many as 182‚000 Kurds were killed by Saddan Hussein‚ who used chemical weapons and concentration camps against them. The Western world must support an independent Kurdish state as it is responsible for the addition of the Kurds to Iraq. After the first world war‚ multiple Ottoman provinces were annexed by Britain to the newly formed Iraq as a way of main taining religious balance‚ but these predominately Sunni Kurds were
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The ancient history of Iraq begins in the 7th century. Iraq had numerous bright civilizations‚ mainly the Sumer‚ who developed one of the earliest writing systems known to man. The capital around this time was Baghdad and the city of Baghdad became a famous ground for learning and the arts. Then in the 16th century Mesopotamia wound up in the hands of the Ottoman Turks but not without resistance. And around the 19th century it began gaining great interest from other European nations such as the Germans
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Read the following article “Tribalism is the real enemy in Iraq” Answer the following questions 1. The author argues that Islam is not the real foe in the war in iraq. Who does he say is? The author argues that Islam is not the real barrier between the Western forces and the people of Iraq‚ but merely our differences in values and daily life‚ with the center of our differing ideologies being tribalism. 2. What does the author identify as the major differences between East and West?
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