Opposition to the Iraq War

The U.S. war spending in Iraq and Afghanistan to the health of the US economy. The economists disagree whether these wars will have a positive or negative long-term economic impact. The total spending remains relatively compared to historical levels. During WWII, defense spending to levels as high as 37.8% of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). The total costs of the wars should be kept in perspective, they also point to collateral economic consequences beyond direct expenditures. This…

In May 2003, I was a Staff Sergeant serving as a squad leader in a Military Police Company. We deployed to Baghdad Iraq in support of combat operations; I led a squad of 12 Soldiers. My squad’s primary mission was conducting mounted and dismounted patrols in a neighborhood called Al-Dura in the southern part of Baghdad. Soon after arriving in country and receiving our mission, all squad leaders reported to the Battalion Headquarters for introductions and assigning of interpreters to our…

stands for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and is an extremist group that rules by Wahhabi and/or salafi law. ISIS is a well-known terrorist group that is known for kidnapping western journalists and aid workers as part of their tactics. In Arabic ISIS the well-known terrorist group is also called daesh. Hillary Clinton said that “It can’t be an American fight” but she was wrong, because if not us then who would take the fight to ISIS? ISIS has an operation base that is in Iraq and Syria it is…

Three years ago ISIS did not exist. The idea of ISIS was a complete joke. Who would've even thought that a terrorist group would rule most of Syria and Iraq? Imagine one day your just sitting at home, watching T.V, just like every other day, then BOOM! Random people barge in your house with mask and guns. Then the terroist starts screaming at you to get on the floor with the rest of your family. You are crying and looking at your Mom trying to calm the baby from crying. These men take the…

police officers all struggle to fight against the war on terrorism. However many believe that the country is not actually at war and that civil liberties groups go too far in trying to restrict individual rights. This eventually could lead to another problem and cause a war within the people of the United States. People state that the war on terror is the same as to other wars when rights have been restricted, which is not entirely false. The war on terror could cause certain rights to be…

It was peaceful day at the White House, everyone was happy, the birds were singing, the lunch bell was ringing and nobody cared about a thing in the world. The president of the United States of America, Barack Obama was sitting in the oval office waiting for a phone call from the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. While waiting for the phone call from Vladimir Putin, Obama was working to legalize marijuana in the US. Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United…

Tarnishing the Name of Islam In the past few years, ISIS or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been growing into the public eye, whether it be on social media or in the news. The notorious terrorist group, calls itself an Islamic Caliphate and is steadily gaining more and more control of the Middle East. Bombings, beheadings, and massacres have built up the Islamic State’s notorious reputation. With every public execution, a growing group of people have been starting to associate all…

comparative events in US history. The Abu Ghraib Torture and Prison Abuse was a series of human rights violations against prisoners in Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq, which began in March of 2003. The Bataan Death March was the relocation by foot of American Prisoners from the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O, Donnel a prisoner camp of the Japanese during World War 2. While both Abu Ghraib and The Bataan Death March are a result of poor training and leadership, Abu Ghraib was more of the morale…

more harm than good in the world. It has caused our men in uniform to be in bloody neverending wars, as well as causing americans to become desensitized to the cost of wars. The United States has quickly started and joined military conflicts across the globe, often without truly evaluating the need or cost of the conflicts. A sad and major example of this was the justification of the invasion of Iraq. The Bush administration was adamant in its belief that Saddam Hussein was in possession…

The Iraq War was a conflict fought between a United States led coalition and Iraq. While the exact causes and motives are somewhat unclear, it is certain that the war was motivated by past events, such as 9/11 and the 1991 Gulf War, threats of weapons of mass destruction, and contrasts between the dictatorship of Iraq and the republic of America (Hanson). With the initial conflict over, debates have spread across the world, questioning whether the United States was justified in starting the…