Iraq War Research Paper

On March 19th 2003, the United States began its second military campaign on Iraq. Though it was not formally declared until the next day, this was the beginning of the US-led Iraq War. This essay will analyze the primary aims and objectives that the US tried to achieve in its invasion and will evaluate the degree of success that America had in carrying out its plans. Furthermore, this essay seeks to address many of the generational misconceptions with the Bush administration and the continued effects of the Iraqi Wars and involvement in the Middle East from 1980-present. We will also be addressing the idea that the United states should be the world’s policeman. I have decided to write this essay in an attempt to inform the reader on the current—the

Now, remember about the whole history rhyming thing? Yeah a costly mistake made by the Iranians that ultimately lost them the war against Iraq would serve as the downfall of Saddam Hussain. Hussein’s assumption that he would have the support of his fellow Arab states, and not call outside help to stop him, proved to be one of his biggest mistakes in the war. Only seven of the 21 membered Arab league supported his actions. Following the August invasion of Kuwait, on November 29, the U.N authorized the use of “all necessary mean” of force against Iraq if Saddam did not withdraw by January 15. By January the coalition prepared troops totaling approximately 750,000, of which 540,000 were U.S personnel. And on January 17, 1991 the massive aerial attacks tore through Iraqi air defenses, communication networks, weapons plants and more. Followed by mid-February ground force attacks in Kuwait and southern Iraq, defeating most of the Iraqi forces in only four days. It “ended’ February 28 with a presidential cease fire after most Iraqi forces surrendered or fled Kuwait. In terms of death total and outcome the first Gulf War is recorded as the most successful military camping in the world. According to “Gulf War Air Power Survey” by Thomas A. Keaney and Eliot A. Cohen, (a report Commissioned by the U.S. Air Force; 1993-ISBN 0-16-041950-6), there were an estimated 22,000 Iraqi

On September 11, 2001, nineteen al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial U.S. jetliners, deliberately crashing two of the planes into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center and a third plane into the Pentagon. After learning of the other attacks, passengers and crew members on the fourth plane attempted to take back control, and the plane was crashed into an empty field in Western Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people were killed on that day, the single largest loss of life from a foreign attack on American soil. However, this had not been the first time the World Trade Center had been a targeted by terrorists On February 26, 1993, terrorists placed a bomb in the garage beneath the World Trade Center. The explosion killed six people and injured more than 1,000 others. The roots of the terrorists’ presence in Afghanistan trace back to 1979, when the Soviet Union invaded and established a communist puppet regime. Through the help of the United States, Afghan rebels were able to drive out the Soviets in 1989. With the defeat and soon collapse of the Soviet Union, the U.S government now longer saw any a national interest in Afghanistan and withdrew support. Americas’ noninvolvement led to a period of instability and civil war. Ultimately, a group of Islamic fundamentalist known as the Taliban, seized power. Shortly after taking