Iraqi insurgency

up little resistance to the war. Part II, Into Iraq, opens up with Ricks referring to the Iraq war plan as “perhaps the worst war plan in American History” (pages 115-116), how the U.S. was bungling through the war on misinformation, creating an insurgency, and the armies abuse of prisoners during the war. The last part of Ricks…

is a present-day Sunni jihadist group, targeting Shia in Syria and Iraq. The group also threatens anyone who is “targeted as an ‘apostate’ or ‘polytheist’ or who is simply against its rule.” Cockburn brings to light the sudden rise of this new insurgency, the lack of concern from the general public, and the government’s inability to combat the revolts. Wahhabism, an Islamic religion based on the Qur’an, has dominated the Sunni belief system. Wahhabism regulates…

The powerful phrase, “weapons of mass destruction,” is often viewed as the underlying catalyst for invading Saddam Hussein’s Baathist led country. After the shocking events that surfaced on September 11th; the world precariously anticipated on a plan of recourse on how to defend against the uprising of radical Arab groups in the Middle East. In early 2003, on the pretense that Saddam did in fact have an advanced weapons program, the United States finally decided to invade Iraq once again. That…

The negotiations for independent state started in 1970 but failed to implement by 1974 which triggered 2nd Kurdish-Iraqi conflict in 1974 and Kurds were defeated. During the Iran- Iraq war Kurds were supporting Iran and which upset Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. In 1986, Saddam wanted to take revenge against Kurdish fighters and started operation called Anfal which lasted for almost 3 years and more than 200,000 died, the western…

massive air offensive by the United States known as Operation Desert Storm. After a 42 day offensive in the air and on the ground by the allied coalition President George H.W. Bush called for a cease-fire on February 28, 1991 with which most of the Iraqi forces had surrendered or fled Kuwait. Even though the allied coalition was successful this led to unstable tension in the region which led to what has been called the second Gulf War, known as the Iraq War in…

After reading The Ugly American, I have identified multiple situations through fictional characters that damaged or diluted foreign relationships and interest abroad. The authors use well-elaborated fictional views to target the readers. This allows readers an opportunity to intellectually wear the shoes that United States foreign policy manufactures. Particularly, in providing an understanding of diminishing and disconnected relationship with countries and governments abroad, To illustrate…

true. Women and children now have the ability to get a schooling, families are earning pays now to better support their children, and inhabitants are now getting the right to vote. Even before the United States assaulted Iraq for the welfare of the Iraqi people, carnage was seen all too frequently. As with any war or key conflict, time will only tell what will come of all the violence. There is no telling whether or not a Civil War may result from the United States pulling out of Iraq too soon,…

Petraeus first got into country as the commander, he observed the effectiveness of the Sunni Awakening. “Given my recognition of the importance of reconciliation, I was determined that we would support the nascent Awakening and then, over time, gain our Iraqi partners’ support, as well. In fact, my first trip outside Baghdad, shortly after taking command on Feb. 10, 2007, was to assess the progress of the initiative in Ramadi. After seeing the results of the Awakening up close, I quickly…

Military power restriction with the innovation of nuclear weapon the Clausewitz concept of “absolute war” is finally achievable. This will generate fear and will restraint powerful states from using maximum power to prevail. Thus the victory as a proper outcome to be expected of the use of American arms was intractable for the duration of the cold war, for in very good part, for the reason of the sensible fear of the escalation to nuclear holocaust. So, the only kind of conflict that the United…

However, after the US began leading an occupation, it was later opposed by insurgency which caused an uproar in violence. This violence lasted until the end of 2007. After 2007, soldiers were slowly taken out of Iraq, leading up to the complete Iraq withdrawal in 2011. However, troops are still stationed in Iraq helping Iraqi soldiers train. They are also helping to protect some of the cities from terrorist groups like ISIL. Although the United States…