Iraqi insurgency

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 which United States forces took it upon themselves to lead an occupation of Iraq, opposed by an insurgency and accompanied by enmity from various parties. A question that can be pondered…

Tony Blair, along with other countries such as Poland and Australia. On March 20th 2003, the US declared war on Iraq with the backing of coalition forces. The invasion by the coalition forces was quick initially, but were slowed several times by the Iraqi army. This ultimately didn’t…

weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger.” 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…

The more complicated use of airpower is the less effective it is. The false “promise of airpower” made leaders believe in fast and quick waging the War on Terrorism. Airpower is a wrong tool for fighting insurgency and all effort taken by Airpower in that matter only created growth of insurgency tendency. Finally, airpower does not solves problems permanently. Airpower deterrence is not enough to enforce other nation’s leader to do our will. That is why; use of airpower without cooperation…

INTRODUCTION Timing was critical for the conduct and success of both Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom. Diplomacy made it possible for the United States and the Soviet Union to reconcile many of their differences after forty-five years of the cold-war….but it is unable to bridge the differences between President George H.W. Bush and Saddam Hussein over Kuwait. President George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was based on incorrect information−about weapons of mass destruction and a…

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 fresh in American minds and citizens and soldiers alike felt that they were finally fighting for something. Little did they know what they were doing over there would…

There are many opinions about whether or not the war in Iraq was successful. People want to know if America should have been there in the first place, should we have been sticking our nose where it may not belong? Or was the Middle East a threat that the U.S. couldn’t afford to ignore? Both of these opposing views hold true when comparing the failures and successes of the war, it’s fairly easy to argue both sides, however in my opinion, one side has a stronger argument than the other.…

of Iraq and Syria. ISIS is run by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. This group controls the western parts of Iraq, Syria, and some parts in Libya, but not too many. The group was formed in 1999, which pledged to al-Queada and went on to participate in the Iraqi Insurgency. al-Queada was under the leadership of Osama bin Laden, who flew two planes into the World Trade Centers. How does ISIS affect America? Well, if you think back to 15 years ago, there were two planes that were flown into the World Trade…

The idea of a scapegoat prevails throughout history. From the Jews throughout the Middle Ages in Europe, to the Blacks during the early 20th century in the United States, minorities groups have beared the burden of discrimination and marginalization in all societies around the world. The majority peoples of societies dehumanized these minority peoples, and, thus, allowed themselves to blame these groups for the many problems they faced that were either unsolvable or were very difficult to solve.…

violence in its members. It is extremely anti-democracy and sectarian, and a seasoned militant operation with a transnational membership, to which, despite heavy casualties, is constantly recruiting. With key leaders who were prominent in the Iraqi insurgency throughout the 2000’s, it is also well armed and financed mainly from oil refineries it controls (Shirlow). ISIS also has the objective of creating their own Caliphate, which is an Islamic form of government under the leadership of a…