Iraq War Research Paper

“Jus ad bellum” is Latin for the “right to war.” There were many significant and varied perspectives about the United States’ “right to war” in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Several groups of people agreed with the pending start of the Iraq war, while many others opposed the imminent invasion. These groups of people strongly demonstrated their standings on the issue. France and Germany, known allies of the United States, were outwardly opposed to the invasion. Other countries, such as England supported the United States in its plan to invade. Next, civilians around the world showed their disagreement with the potential invasion while others showed their agreement with the invasion. The key assumption driving those who favored the war was that there was the ‘imminent threat’ of weapons of mass destruction. Additionally, the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organizations conducted mass searches for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) in Iraq. These searches came up …show more content…
Some of America’s allies, like Germany and France, refused to be involved, or to help the United States in the invasion. However, other allies, like England, supported America in their invasion. Though many people throughout the world were opposed to the invasion and protested for peace, there were also many people who agreed with the invasion. Also, even though the UNMOVIC and IAEA organizations, who conducted searches for WMD in Iraq, came back with no evidence of said weapons, people were still in fear that Hussein was hiding WMD. Some groups believed that the United States was not justified in the initiation of the Iraq war but some believe that The United States was justified; opinions were split in determining if there was “jus ad bellum” before the 2003 invasion of