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The Pros And Cons Of The US Invasion Of Iraq

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Should the United States have attacked Iraq?

Introduction:

On the 20th of March 2003, the United States commenced a war against Iraq and destroyed Saddam Hussein’s regime because they thought Iraq was a threat to the world.

According to Presidents, Historians, journalists, and Politicians, it was not a necessary attack and it was a big mistake from The United States, that war was inequity and they declared war to take advantage of Iraq’s land.

The name of the War is Second Persian Gulf War, that misery should not have happened ever to Iraq, they killed numerous civilians, destroyed Iraq’s cities, took Iraqi goods, the Americans also suffered some damage as well and The United States’ hearsay was not accurate.

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(J. Harris 2021)

Therefore, after this conversation, Bush decided to invade Iraq because their country was attacked and they were completely at a loss for what to do, and it was a good plan from Wolfowitz because winning this war means growing America’s economy.

Then they made a plan to share their opinions with the American public and the world because they did not want to go to war alone, The United States informed The United Kingdom Iraq is supporting terrorism, and Iraq is the most dangerous menace to global …show more content…

This means Americans might have lied about Iraq and made up such hearsays to invade the land.

In addition, ‘After a long and dangerous search, I found that Iraq did not have any kind of relation with Al-Qaeda, then I began to explore for mass destruction weapons the result was the same I could not find any document ’ (J. Maddox 2020).

This is proof that Americans might invade Iraq for goods, not any reason else.

That is how the United States spread hearsay about terrorism and biological weapons and helping Iraq’s population, but the documents show that it was a war of purpose.

To sum up, this essay has made a clear distinction between the appearance and the reality of The United States’ reasons to invade Iraq, showing the readers that Americans were interested in Iraq’s earth and the reasons for the invasion were excuses to get those goals for their country. Next, both countries got damaged, such as dead troops or civilians, spending lots of the countries’ money in the war, but the loss of Iraq was so much bigger than the United

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