So what was the firm belief system of consecutive American administrations that caused all this to occur ? PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WILL LEAD TO HIGHER OIL AND GASOLINE PRICES. Lets not also forget the power of the Arms industry, disguised as defense, that still sells billions of dollars of weapons to the area. Therefore it has not been in the short-term economic interest of the U.S. to foster Peace in the Middle East. Using the above reasoning, the U.S. has encouraged extremist governments, toppled democracies, as in the case of Iran to replace it with a monarchy, rigged elections, and many more unspeakable political crimes for U.S. businesses abroad.
President George W. Bush, It has come to my attention that the media has been cluttered with seemingly endless coverage of your administration’s idea to enter into a war with Iraq, from the images of Saddam Hussein as a tyrannical dictator to the stories of angered citizens burning American flags and protesting, happy with Hussein’s reign over the country. With this confusing mixture of propaganda, it is increasingly difficult to determine whether or not you and your administration’s idea to invade Iraq was just. Considering a variety of different analytical views and coverage of the time before the invasion, I can conclude that America was unjust in its decision to enter into the war in Iraq. By examining the reasons for going to war, I
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.
Battle of the Coral Sea & Midway The battle of the Coral Sea was fought in mid-1942. As the Japanese controlled a larger area of the sea than did the Allied forces, they decided to plan several attacks on U.S. ships. This time however, the U.S. was able to decipher codes sent through Japanese communication methods and was able to react a lot faster than Pearl Harbor. While the Japanese were eventually successful in sinking one and severely damaging another U.S. ship, it proved costly to them as the U.S. sunk one of their aircraft carriers and severely damaged another. Losses were worse for the U.S. but it proved to be costly for the Japanese as the U.S. fleet could recover and they could not.
The attack was against our people, our institutions, and our culture. It then led to a war on terror that has been occurring for over 10 years now and seems like it’s never going to end. As we can see, the prices of gasoline have been fluctuating over the years but ultimately, the prices have been increasing in the last six years. In the recession that we are currently experiencing, the people that are the most affected are those that are living paycheck to paycheck. We are all currently experiencing an economic crisis and if the money going to the war was spent on raising salary wages or creating more jobs, people would not have to go through hardships.
It is also claimed by critics that the war has strengthened hostility to the US and fueled not deterred terrorism. The overwhelming US public support for the invasion in 2003, in part driven by the Bush administration's misleading attempts to link Iraq to the 9/11 al-Qaeda attacks as well as its flawed claims about weapons of mass destruction, faded as the costs in American lives and dollars rose. The president acknowledged part of the huge human cost of the war. "We know too well the heavy cost of this war. More than 1.5m Americans have served in Iraq.
This topic has become important because of our position in the The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War. It began with the invasion of Iraq by a multinational force, now led by and composed almost entirely of troops from the United States and United Kingdom. Additionally, it played a role in Obama-McCain Presidential Race. The United States should not reinstitute the draft because it is unconstitutional, unfair, expensive, and obliterates an entire generation.
Afghanistan has a long history with the United States, but reached its peak in September 11, 2001 when the world trade center was taken down. Fifteen out of 19 people involved were from Saudi Arabia, but America had intelligence that led them to believe Usama Bin Laden was responsible and he existed in in Afghanistan, so the Government was told to give him to the American Government for prosecution. The Taliban leader who ran the Afghanistan Government was Usama Bin Laden’s son-in-law and refused to give Usama Bin Laden to America, so America declared war on Afghanistan. This declaration of war was under the guise the Government supported terrorist actions against America, they wouldn’t release Usama Bin Laden and America was under constant
Remnants of the old regime, joined by Islamic terrorists who infiltrated the country, kept up a steady insurgency throughout the summer of 2003 and into the autumn. A war described as one of liberation took on the feeling of a war of occupation. In April 2004, 139 Americans were killed in Iraq in a single month. By July, the number of soldiers and Marines who had died there stood at more than 1,000. By then, world opinion had shifted strongly against the United States—Le Monde had long since retracted its pro-American headline—and, at home, a strong anti-war sentiment re-energized the Democratic Party.
The shocking images of helplessness, devastation, and unrest in the world’s most powerful country circulated the world minutes after the 9/11 attacks. The United States was supposed to be everyone’s shoulder to lean on, but was proven vulnerable by Al-Qaeda, a militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden. The Bush administration saw no other way but to immediately fight back in the Middle East and prove to the world that America is indeed, a superpower. The effects of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have been tremendous. Not only for the innocent civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan who are subject to the violence, but also for the United States veterans who are left scarred for life.