Saddam Hussein was accused of harboring weapons of mass destruction. This made the United Nations and other countries including the United States uneasy. Saddam Hussein was told to get rid of these weapons of mass destruction he supposedly had and had been building for a purpose for years. The US was right to go to war with Iraq to take down Saddam Hussein, but it came with unintended consequences. The long war with Iraq was a war which had many reasons. The United States did not want for Saddam Hussein to give these weapons of mass destruction to al-Qaeda or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Saddam Hussein was not directly supporting al-Qaeda or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, but he did have training camps and other support for
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There are bad reasons for attacking Iraq. The United States accused Saddam Hussein of harboring illegal weapons of mass destruction under United Nation code that he was not allowed to do. This was the main reason for the attack on Iraq. There is no proof that Iraq was an imminent threat to the United States. Many people thought there was a connection between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, but there was never a direct correlation between the two. The Bush administration used the affiliation, or lack there was, between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda because of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 to give the world a reason for attacking Saddam Hussein. “Bush’s team searches for “casus Ball” which means giving people of the world a reason for taking out Saddam Hussein and attacking Iraq (Woodward 197).” Also, those who were not for the Iraq war argued that this war will give the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and al-Qaeda more recruiting power and …show more content…
They thought the politicians were greedy and just wanted oil from the oil reserves and would get it at any cost just for the money. Before the war, Iraq did not sell any of their oil to western countries of civilization, and after the war most of it is controlled by western countries and is sent westward. The benefits of all the oil found in the country are somehow not finding their way through Iraq’s economy. Many politicians blame big oil companies for getting Bush into office because they are the ones who spent the money on his campaign, and he is peer pressured into going to war with a country for oil and
There are bad reasons for attacking Iraq. The United States accused Saddam Hussein of harboring illegal weapons of mass destruction under United Nation code that he was not allowed to do. This was the main reason for the attack on Iraq. There is no proof that Iraq was an imminent threat to the United States. Many people thought there was a connection between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, but there was never a direct correlation between the two. The Bush administration used the affiliation, or lack there was, between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda because of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 to give the world a reason for attacking Saddam Hussein. “Bush’s team searches for “casus Ball” which means giving people of the world a reason for taking out Saddam Hussein and attacking Iraq (Woodward 197).” Also, those who were not for the Iraq war argued that this war will give the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and al-Qaeda more recruiting power and …show more content…
They thought the politicians were greedy and just wanted oil from the oil reserves and would get it at any cost just for the money. Before the war, Iraq did not sell any of their oil to western countries of civilization, and after the war most of it is controlled by western countries and is sent westward. The benefits of all the oil found in the country are somehow not finding their way through Iraq’s economy. Many politicians blame big oil companies for getting Bush into office because they are the ones who spent the money on his campaign, and he is peer pressured into going to war with a country for oil and