Iraq

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…

The Gulf War of 1991, and the Iraq War of 2003 are two completely separate wars. Different objectives, and situations comprised these conflicts. Both conflicts had different goals. During the Gulf War of 1991, President Bush gave clear indication that the objective of Coalition forces was to evict Iraqi troops from Kuwait. No regime change was sought by the UN, NATO, or other partners. While rebellion in Iraq was encouraged (Text Pgs. 271-272), the Allies took no part in that fight. The war in…

even threatened to wage war with Iraq alone at one point, showing his commitment to a war. If Bush was indeed signaling that the US planned to attack one of the “Axis” countries, then it is clear in looking back that Iraq was the intended target. The US had implemented an aggressive foreign policy towards Iraq since the first Gulf War in 1991, claiming that it had a right to “attack Baghdad at will.” America has been hailed as a “guardian” of global peace, and Iraq, which had in 1998 been…

In the 1990, the Middle East and the whole World changed. On August 2, Iraq invaded Kuwait and began the brutal occupation. Iraq was not the only country affected. The invasion created a global conflict, which lasts to this day. Many people thought that wars are a thing of the past and there is no place for them in the modern society of the 20th society. Were those war necessary? Would the Middle East would resolve their problems on their own, without the interference from the United…

today’s world soldiers have risk their lives’ and many have died due to the battle of the war. The war that changed this nation’s view is the war in Iraq, which was so popular it caused great debate over the world. It was a big war that claimed countless life’s just as the Trojan War did. When comparing the Homer’s Illiad the Trojan War and the war in Iraq, they both show similarities, because their purpose stem…

plan a successful mission. “Army and Marine intelligence along with the Department of Defense (DOD) and national intelligence agencies have made significant changes to better support counterinsurgency operations in Iraq”. 2 The intelligence community contributed greatly in its efforts in Iraq followed by combat operations in Afghanistan. Even with some of the same techniques, procedures, and equipment the biggest difference between military and civilian intelligence components is that they…

The Iraq War has had a huge amount of impact America over the last few decades. As a child of the generation growing up during this war I’ve seen pain, hate and economic turmoil. The focus of this article is the economic turmoil created by the Iraq war: In particular the impact oil has had on our country because of it. Over the years I’ve heard a lot on the news about the oil crisis and how it has effected not only gas prices but the entire world economy. Oil is used for transportation of goods…

As many Americans consider themselves patriotic many still regret some of the actions the United States. One of the biggest regretted wars was the Iraq War (2003-11) during the Bush Administration. Why was there a war in Iraq one might ask? The Bush Administration based its rationale for war principally on the assertion that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and that Saddam's government posed an immediate threat to the United States and its coalition allies. Of course some might…

How was Iraq before ISIS came to MIddle East. Iraq used to be a beautiful place to live. Middle East had a lot of oil and everyone live a beautiful life and lived in peace. Everyone knew each other. It was one of the richest places in the whole world.When Osama Bin Laden was alive, there were no ISIS. After the USA sends people to the Middle East and killed Osama Biladi. Then they left all of their weapons in the Middle East. Then ISIS came from the Middle East and taking the weapons that…

Psychological Impacts of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Have you ever watched the movie American Sniper, Lone Survivor, or any other movies based on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and replayed the action scenes because “that was so cool”? If you have, your definition of “cool” severely varies from the definition of soldiers fighting in those wars. Those scenes, which may excite the average United States citizen to watch, may happen to be the memories that haunt and mentally tear apart the…