After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 the United States launched a war against terror. With its allies, the United States ambition to bring to justice all terrorists and whoever was involve in terrorism. President George W. Bush emphasized that by attacking terrorism, the United States would bring freedom to the people of Afghanistan and all other countries that lived under the oppression of the regimes like those in Iraq and Iran(McCartney 408). During the first term of the George W. Bush administration, they wanted to make sure to bring democracy to the Middle East countries of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran. President George W. Bush stated that the attack of September 11, could not be solved by mere diplomacy, the use of force was necessary. The Afghanistan initiated on October 7, 2002, with the help of, Great Britain, France, Germany, and Japan. Four months later the United States forces overthrew the Taliban regime and eradicated the al-Qaeda terrorist group in Afghanistan. Subsequently the president calls for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, and with help of …show more content…
In 2002 president G.W Bush gave a speech declaring, the duty of the United States was still to prevent the rise of oppressive regimes and prevent terrorist groups to form. Therefore after assumptions over the possession of mass destruction weapons was adjudicated to Iraq, the United States with the coalition of Great Britain decided to carry out military action in Iraq. Before the invasion in Iraq, there was no enough evidence that Iraq owned nuclear weapons therefore, the U.N and U.S allies did not decided to join the war with G.B and the U.S. Nine months later Saddam Hussein, the dictator of Iraq was captured turned over to the Iraqi authorities, also an statement was released that same year saying that the arguments used in the Iraq war was baseless. (Goldsmith.