Persuasive Essay On Iraq War

War is almost always a breeding ground for destruction, violence and hatred. The Iraq war however, went a step further to cause the birth of the international terrorist group known as ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). According to a report by Amnesty International, the emergence of ISIS is directly connected to the U.S led invasion of Iraq in 2003 (newobserveronline.com). This invasion followed President George Bush’s declaration of war on Iraq since evidence gathered by his administration linked its dictator leader Saddam Hussein to the terrorist group Al-Qaeda and the possession nuclear weapons. Bush proclaimed that a war in Iraq was necessary to get rid of the weapons of mass destruction and make the world a safer place. A seemingly reasonable thing to do considering that the U.S was still scared from the recent terror attacks that occurred September 11, 2001. Although U.S troops failed to find any proof to support the claim of nuclear weapons

Iraq is a Muslim nation that is profoundly separated by religious, ethnic and cultural lines. As such, Iraq is composed of the minority Sunni Muslims and the majority Shiite Muslims who executed Saddam’s death sentence by hanging. Iraq State TV broadcasted a video that showed more than just the final moments of the dead of the pro-Sunni dictator. It equally raised feelings of anger among fellow Sunni Muslims, who had always considered Saddam to be a leader courageous enough to challenge western influence. To compound this, Saddam was replaced by a Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki whose sectarian government openly discriminated against the Sunni by ignoring the crimes committed by Shiite militants. So, Saddam Hussein’s dead steered a sectarian divided between the Shiite and Sunni that was characterized by violence and increased