George W. Bush became president in the US January 2001; Bush first foreign policy in the Middle East was how to contain the Saddam regime in regards to weapon of mass destruction. The Bush administration and UN work together to put sanctions on Iraq and keep the regime on check. However, the Bush government claimed the UN sanction on Iraq was weak and ineffective therefore, the Secretary of State Colin Powell initiated a new proposal known as “ smart sanctions” as economic sanction that will limit exports to Iraq (Duelfer, 2016). In Bush eight months of presidency in the US, the nation faced with a shocking terrorist attack on 11 September 2001. The Bush administration was faced with a national security as the attack demonstrated how vulnerable to modern technology and the ability of some individual can inflict and cause fear and damage to America (Duelfer,
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The US government was greatly concern about terrorists getting hold of WMD as result the “war on terrorism” and “ Weapon of mass destruction” was the key focus of the US decision makers in sending troops to invade Iran in 2003 (Duelfer,
The US government was greatly concern about terrorists getting hold of WMD as result the “war on terrorism” and “ Weapon of mass destruction” was the key focus of the US decision makers in sending troops to invade Iran in 2003 (Duelfer,