Final Paper: Operation Iraqi Freedom Juan Lizama Com/172 June 19, 2012 Nancy Long Operation Iraqi Freedom In September 11, 2001 the United States (US) was attacked by terrorist, and changed America forever. It also altered and heightened the security of the country. After the Taliban were defeated out of Afghanistan, president Bush, and his administration sought to other problems around the world. President Bush saw Iraq as the next fight in terrorism. The administration had to somehow convinced the United Nations (UN) that Iraq is not respecting and upholding the laws that they were supposed to be abiding by.
Contemporary U.S. History Assignment 2.2: Policemen of the World Final Paper This paper explores the manner and the consequences that the United States faces for military intervention in countries abroad and the controversy these actions have generated for the United States and other countries. To further explain, we are looking at actions taken “when the safety of Americans is not directly threatened but where action can be justified — in the case of genocide, humanitarian relief, regional security or economic interests” (Cooper, 2011). We will look at how the United States justifies the lives of countless American soldiers and dollars to interfere in countries where we, the Americans are not welcomed, by providing military power and weapons to those countries. We will see what has
He plans to send an additional 30,000 troops. In July 2011, it is expected the troops will begin to pull out of Afghanistan. Even though we have a date to start withdrawal, Obama has made it known that this date is only conditional, depending on the how things look on the ground. In conclusion, we went to war because of the devastating and deadly terrorist attacks to our nation on September 11, 2001. We sent troops to Afghanistan to bring down Osama bin Laden and the other al-Qaeda members, as well as helping the nation build a democratic leadership.
U.S. officials criticized the broadcasts and asked American networks not to air them unedited. Yet the tapes continue to air in many Arab and Muslim countries, where experts say bin Laden has been particularly effective at playing upon anger over Palestinian grievances in their battle with Israel, a major U.S. ally, for land and statehood. At the same time, the U.S. message--that the war against terrorism is a justified response to the September 11 attacks, and isn't targeting Muslims or Arabs--is getting buried beneath videos showing civilian casualties from the bombing campaign in Afghanistan, and the back-and-forth attacks by Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen. When National Security Adviser Condeleeza Rice spoke on Al Jazeera, the report was followed by pictures of Israeli tanks rumbling through a Palestinian village. But the U.S. is trying to improve its record in the information war.
After reading and taking my notes on the Libya articles, I have decided that I am advocating against United States military intervention. With the United States of America as a nation, I believe that we have nothing to do with Libya. I understand that we want to be helpful to the people in Libya and help them out, but we have other issues to worry about like out in Iraq and Afghanistan. We don't need to send out more troops to get killed. Gaddafi still has weapons of mass destruction, so putting our military out there would be extremely dangerous.
Measures to address the conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism II. Measures to prevent and combat terrorism III. Measures to build States' capacity to prevent and combat terrorism and to strengthen the role of the United Nations system in this regard IV. Measures to ensure respect for human rights for all and the rule of law as the fundamental basis of the fight against terrorism Invoking Chapter VII of the UN Charter, Resolution 1373 imposed binding obligations on all UN member states for an indefinite period, requiring them to suppress and prevent the financing of terrorists and to freeze their assets. It obliged states to ensure that anyone ''who participates in the financing, planning, preparation or perpetration of [terrorism] .
Thanks to the likes of de Villepin and Reid, we now not only fight Muslim fascism abroad but also defeatism at home and throughout the West. As we've stated before, we should call political opportunists such as Reid, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi precisely what they are: Traitors. In stark contrast to the words of these scoundrels, the actions of Todd Beamer and his comrades on Flight 93 live on in our nation's commitment to defeat this jihadist scourge. Just this week, the administration released its revised National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, a document that details how our actions adapt as the war
George W. Bush, immediately upon waging a successful military campaign against Afghanistan, the primary harbor and sponsor of the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States, decided that Saddam Hussein must be removed from his position of power in Iraq. George W. Bush, fresh of a “high” resulting from a combination of the “rally-around-the-flag effect” and the swift domination of Afghanistan, saw the opportunity to inject his worldview into U.S. foreign policy. Bush encompassed a worldview similar to his father’s (but amplified, in a sense), and saw the United States as a “heroic liberator,” compelled by God to deliver peace and democracy to evil, misguided nations through force if necessary. (Hybel 127) With such an unwavering worldview guiding the way, decision-making on whether or not to invade Iraq was predicated on regime change. Undoubtedly, George W. Bush, like his father, viewed the war in very personal terms.
These terrorists, known as the Taliban, were operating out of a base in Afghanistan and it was believed that the local government knew and approved of this activity. President Bush called for a war on terror and was determined to root out all forms of terrorism around the globe that had a perceived threat to our nation (Shultz, 2012). The U.S. invaded Iraq in order to prevent Al-Qaeda from securing a safe haven. Oil was another issue that could not be ignored. The oil in the Middle East fuels a large portion of the world’s economy and when there is a threat of militant Islamic Fascism anywhere in that region it becomes an issue of national security.
The U.S. Congress passed a declaration that permitted American troops to be in Afghanistan after the terrorist attacks in September 2001 (Reuters 12). Amitai Etzioni claims “America invaded Afghanistan to stop it from serving as a base for terrorists of the kind who attacked us on 9/11,” (Etzioni 4). Which means America is trying to make an end to all terrorist attacks on the country. America will no longer accept Afghanistan’s responsibility for the deaths of the American people that has been occurring