Gulf War

20 2003 was the day everything changed, this was the day American troops stepped foot onto the foreign desert land that.US now know of as Iraq. Many people have their own opinion about if the United States made the right decision deciding to go to war with this country. So, although the US gained much intel, helped locals and executed Saddam….. Was it the right decision considering all the consequences (good and bad) of the invading and picking apart of Iraq. There are both positive and negative…

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 negative consequences that have resulted from the United States going to war with Iraq. Some believe the United States should not have gone to war because most of the alleged Weapons of Mass…

the United States of America was enticed into war by former President George W. Bush’s claims that Saddam Hussien was hiding ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction.’ Soon after, an insidious bombing campaign spread throughout the country of Iraq; led by the U.S. Armed Forces. This gave way to the collapse of the Baathist government, and consequently, to the capture of Saddam in December of 2003, and was later executed by a military court in 2006. However, the war continued as an insurgency emerged to…

What is ISIS? ISIS is an acronym that stands for the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" . Its recent origins must be briefly explained by political unrest in Afghanistan and Iraq that started in the 1980's. The Soviet Union invades and occupies Afghanistan 1979. Muslim Afghan warriors called "mujahideen" rebels are the fighting Soviet Union incursion from 1979-1989. The United States was openly supporting and sponsoring these anti communist rebels. This is the rise and infancy of Osama bin…

ISIS military group continues their advancement across Iraq, waging an online war has become an increasingly crucial part of its fight against the world. ISIS uses a sophisticated social media campaign along with well produced videos, recordings and app 's is adding to help ISIS spread their extremist ideology to millions of sympathizers around the world. ISIS ' beginnings can be followed to the Second Gulf War in 2003, when the U.S., alongside a few different countries, begin attacks on Iraq…

Bush launched a full-scale air assault and ground invasion against Iraq as part of the Persian Gulf War in retaliation to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The United States quickly intervened for a number of reasons. By invading Kuwait, Saddam Hussein gained control over a vast amount of the world's oil supply, which gave him the potential to wreak havoc with U.S. energy policy and oil prices. Since the Persian Gulf…

” Bush launched the war on March 19, 2003, noting in a televised address that “helping Iraqis achieve a united, stable and free country will require our sustained commitment.” Following his 2004 re-election, Bush presided over the worst years of the Iraqi insurgency: 2005 and 2006. In response, he approved a surge that saw an additional 20,000 troops deploy to Iraq in 2007 and 2008. Bush’s time in office was winding down in December of 2008 when he spoke frankly about the war…

IRRF to assisted Iraq with our reconstruction needs. February of 2006, the U.S had given $10.5 billion of the 18.4 billion, these funded projects for security and economic spheres. 83% of the $18.4 billion dollars was set aside in the beginning of the war for other projects. To reconstruct Iraqi properly it would cost the UN and the World Bank $55 billion over four years each. The projects have changed from large complicated projects to smaller, projects that helps build the Iraqi economy and…

The Iraq war happened through a span of eight years, eight months and twenty eight days. The invasion began when the United States forces wanted to search Iraq who were suspected to have weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and the need to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein, the former reigning leader of Ba’athist Iraq, as he was a threat of terrorism. This essay will provide a detailed analysis of what happened during the Iraq war and with the application to the theory of realism. Realism has…

today’s “barbarians.” Many Muslim states and people have been “othered” by states following the attacks. States, such as the United States, have even gone to the extent of waging war on/in their country. In The Bombardment of Damascus, Quincy Wright asserts that international law does not “require the application of [the] laws of war to people of different civilization” as the law does not explicitly state that there is a distinction between civilized and barbaric peoples (Wright 266). The role…