Geneva Convention
Iraq
Reevaluating the Geneva Convention
The Geneva Convention originated in the year 1864, designing the main principals of the committee, and only 16 states were represented. That was only the first successful conference as the quickly gained reorganization. They hosted many well-known conferences like the convention in 1907, which talked about adapting the principles of the convention on the wounded and sick, and the convention of 1929 that discussed the rights of prisoners of war. Today the convention has 196 states. The more recent problems are the terrorist attacks on the World trade Center on September 11,2001 where terrorists from Al- Qaeda flew two planes into the twin tower. Thousands of people died and conflict quickly arose. The Geneva Convention was involved, because many people were questioning the rights given to …show more content…
As a punishment for this, Iraq’s government can file for economic sanctions against the United States of America. The economic sanction for Iraq is an estimated 16.9 million dollars. That money is enough to month rebuild the Iraq military in a desire to defeat ISIS. The Iraq government can also chose to feed the thousand of people who are going hungry. In addition to that, the United States relies on Iraq for certain oils. If Iraq stopped exporting those oils it would strongly shift the United States economy for the worse. Gas and other fuel products prices will shoot up. Also, Iraq has the largest sulfur reserve and gives many exports to the United States. By taking away sulfur, less American medicine discoveries would occur, which would put America behind of some of it’s main competitors such as Great Britain and France. That would mean America could potentially move down the ladder on the most powerful nations (currently it is ranked number
Iraq
Reevaluating the Geneva Convention
The Geneva Convention originated in the year 1864, designing the main principals of the committee, and only 16 states were represented. That was only the first successful conference as the quickly gained reorganization. They hosted many well-known conferences like the convention in 1907, which talked about adapting the principles of the convention on the wounded and sick, and the convention of 1929 that discussed the rights of prisoners of war. Today the convention has 196 states. The more recent problems are the terrorist attacks on the World trade Center on September 11,2001 where terrorists from Al- Qaeda flew two planes into the twin tower. Thousands of people died and conflict quickly arose. The Geneva Convention was involved, because many people were questioning the rights given to …show more content…
As a punishment for this, Iraq’s government can file for economic sanctions against the United States of America. The economic sanction for Iraq is an estimated 16.9 million dollars. That money is enough to month rebuild the Iraq military in a desire to defeat ISIS. The Iraq government can also chose to feed the thousand of people who are going hungry. In addition to that, the United States relies on Iraq for certain oils. If Iraq stopped exporting those oils it would strongly shift the United States economy for the worse. Gas and other fuel products prices will shoot up. Also, Iraq has the largest sulfur reserve and gives many exports to the United States. By taking away sulfur, less American medicine discoveries would occur, which would put America behind of some of it’s main competitors such as Great Britain and France. That would mean America could potentially move down the ladder on the most powerful nations (currently it is ranked number