Case Study: Iraq War

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Case Study: Iraq War Daryle Moore The policy for the Iraq war is Iraqi freedom, which ultimately means a democratic state. The issue is this; should we have gone to war in Iraq. Our case for going to war was based upon these ideas by the U.S. government: Iraq's noncompliance with the conditions of the 1991 cease fire, including interference with weapons inspectors Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, and programs to develop such weapons, posed a "threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region" Iraq's "brutal repression of its civilian population" Iraq's "capability and willingness to use weapons of mass destruction against other nations and its own people" Iraq's hostility towards the United States as demonstrated by the 1993 assassination attempt of former President George H. W. Bush, and firing on coalition aircraft enforcing the no-fly zones following the 1991 Gulf War Members of al-Qaida were "known to be in Iraq" Iraq's "continuing to aid and harbor other international terrorist organizations," including anti-United States terrorist organizations Fear that Iraq would provide weapons of mass destruction to terrorists for use against the United States The efforts by the Congress and the President to fight the 9/11 terrorists and those who aided or harbored them The authorization by the Constitution and the Congress for the President to fight anti-United States terrorism [i] Our first war with Iraq was based upon some of the same findings as well as the invasion of Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately, the latter is the only thing that we have indisputable evidence of. I dare to say in normal instances, we would have two different sides to a confrontation of policy or rule. In this case, we have three; the U.S. government, the U.S. public, and
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