2003 invasion of Iraq

On March 19th, 2003, President George W. Bush announces to the world that the United States military would soon be conducting operations in Iraq to free its people. Only two years after the biggest terrorist attack on America, Americans no longer felt safe. President Bush stormed through Iraq in search of the alleged nuclear weapons Saddam’s regime was said to have only to come up empty-handed. He also accused the Iraqi government of harboring and supporting al-Qaeda. The War on Terror was still…

On March 20, 2003, the United States, under the Bush administration, invaded the country of Iraq and commenced the Iraq War. The rationale given for the Iraq War was that the nation had weapons of mass destruction, which posed an immediate threat to the United States and its allies (Kumar, 2014). Therefore, military intervention was required, which ultimately resulted in the removal of Saddam Hussein, the President of Iraq, from power. The war lasted for eight years and had everlasting effects…

pray they can’t smell the leftover Thanksgiving turkey in the fridge. Now imagine your neighborhood was just attacked by aerial bombers. Believe it or not, both of these scenarios are true, and happened simultaneously in Iraq. April 2003, the United States started the invasion of Iraq. During the bombing raids, four starving lions escaped from the Baghdad zoo. Later, they were shot and killed by American soldiers. Brain K. Vaughn and Niko Henrichon cleverly used this event to venture into their…

coming. The increased independence of Iraq from western imperialism post-WWII can be largely associated with the Ba’athist regime and the rise of the Soviet Union as a contending world power. The party dreamt of a singular Pan-Arabic state stretching across the Middle East, and encompassing all Arabs under a single, independent, socialist, and nonsectarian flag. Saddam rose to dictatorship through his role as head of the intelligence bureau and reigned Iraq with an…

The United States was Correct to Invade Iraq in 2003 The United States’ decision to declare war on Iraq in 2003 is not uncontroversial. Despite of Bush administration’s consideration and explanation, a lot of people and organization claimed that they strongly oppose the decision because of several reasons. For example, Saddam Hussein’s regime did not possess weapons of mass destruction (WMD), or the UN inspectors could have the proofs to support the first assumptions if they have given more…

Prior to our invasion of Iraq on March 2003, there were some monumental failures conducted by the intelligence community (IC). These failures pertain specifically to the assessment of Saddam Hussein having weapons of mass destruction (WMD) which was the IC’s ultimate end state goal. The United States was not alone in its inaccuracies. In fact, it was a multinational effort. This short report will review the history leading up to the failures that played a major factor into the assessments. In…

Most experts consider the US invasion of Iraq as the US’s most serious strategic mistake in the modern history and perhaps ever. There are many reasons of the US invade Iraq. Frist, Iraq’s abysmal Human Rights record under Saddam Hussein’s regime such as Chemical attack many times, invasion of Kuwait, Bloody suppression of Kurdish and Shi'a, Amnesty International report, Refugees International, and restrictions on religious practice. Second, FBI said Iraqi government was involved in a plot to…

Operation Desert Fox occurred in Iraq from 16th – 19th of December 1998. Operation Desert Fox was a four day military bombing campaign organised by the United States of America and the United Kingdom. The United States and the United Kingdom justified the strikes as Iraq had not complied with the UNSC’s resolutions and kept interfering with the UNSC’s weapons inspectors. Another main reason the bombing occurred was to punish Saddam Hussein's regime with military force in the hope of removing…

Persian Gulf War, more commonly referred to as the Iraq War, was an extensively long-lasting international armed conflict that found its beginnings on March 20th, 2003, spurred by an invasion carried out by a United States-led coalition with the aims of overthrowing the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict consisted of two phases: a brief, conventionally fought war that had taken place throughout the duration of March 2003 to April 2003, as well as the far longer second phase in…

March 20, 2003, the day everything changed. The day American troops stepped foot onto a foreign desert land that the United States now recognizes as Iraq. People have their opinions if the United States made the correct decision in their involvement in the war. Although the United States did gain much Intel, helped locals and executed Saddam Hussein, there are many that wonder if it was in the best interest to invade Iraq considering the numerous consequences. There are both positive and…