Uday Hussein

On 22 September 1980, Saddam Hussein, attempting to repeat the success of the Israeli pre-emptive air strike against the Arab air forces in the Six Day War, launched numerous sorties against Iranian airfields, hoping to destroy the Iranian air force on the ground. Although they failed, Saddam was still not going to be stopped from achieving his aim of establishing complete Iraqi dominance over the Shatt al-Arab waterway. He launched a land invasion of Iran, focusing on southern Iran. He was able…

Rashid Khalidi wrote “Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Past in the Middle East” to talk about what he believes the reasons of the Bush administration invasion and seizing of Iraq were. This is an important book for Americans, especially those who aren’t really aware of the past, or ignore it. Khalidi brings up information that people are too scared to talk about. Khalidi talks about certain events that people know and then points out the wrong in these events that…

was to enter countries that had some terrorists, but also oil and use the fear of further extremism to justify presence. An example here is invading Iraq in 2003. Suspected terrorists and WMDs were in Iraq, we invaded, eventually captured Saddam Hussein, and defeated his military support along with the al-Qaida presence. Then we stuck around for a while setting up a new government and guarding oil fields. We did a similar thing in the 90s in Kuwait. Sadaam was drilling into Kuwaiti oil reserves,…

The Iran – Iraq war started in 1980. It was one of the longest wars in the Middle East at that time. Saddam Hussein was the president of Iraq and Ruhollah Khomeini was the Iranian leader. An air invasion kicked off the war on September 22nd from the Iraqis. While some debate that the U.S. helped Iraq win the war, Saddam Hussein is the main reason for a lot of people dying during the war. He used chemical weapons against Iran as well as fellow Iraqis, which resulted in over one million deaths…

Iraq, only two years after the attack on 9/11. This lead to war almost immediately between Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan against both the United States and the United Kingdom. For eight years, the American government tried to subdue Iraq, ruled by Saddam Hussein at the time, because of an assumption that the Iraqi government was in possession of nuclear weapons and to stop Saddam Hussein’s aggression against his own people, thus attempting to spread ‘democracy’. The entire “project” proved to be…

What was the filmmakers purpose? The filmmaker James Longley is showing the perspective through the Iraqis eyes in a war torn country. He examines the daily life of the citizens and how they go about their routines while being surrounded with such horror. He shows the way religion plays a key role in chaos of the country. What is the the argument? What assertions or claims are made? Longley is arguing that United States is the reason for the destruction happening in Iraq. The citizens portray…

Joseph Griffith’s painting “The Surrender” shows George Washington riding on a triceratops at the end of what seems to be a war between the good and the evil. No one knows for certain the meaning of this painting, however, predictions have been made. In my mind I see a great and well known president riding on the dinosaur that is almost screaming at the evil side of the painting. I also see some very famous people and actors that have a major importance to set up my reasoning behind this…

The Gulf War What was the Gulf War? Why was it important? Why was the U.S. apart of it? All of these questions will be answered throughout this paper, so just sit back and enjoy as you read a part of our history, and how Don Snow was during this time, and what he learned. The gulf war was split into two part. Desert Shield was the before war. Desert Storm was the actual war. I had asked Don Snow what the difference between Desert Shield and Desert storm was and he said, “Desert…

There are a lot of moving pieces with this question; culture innovation and economy, over-glorified war stories, Military Strategic Doctrine, and modern US military acquisitions – what could possibly have gone wrong? What part of Clausewitz’s “spirit of the age” ties all this together? Technology! There is no doubt that “Advance Technology” and a “war against a lesser trained and equipped force” were critical contributors to the success of ‘AirLand Battle’ during DESERT STORM. So successfully,…

The Issue under Consideration: The retaliatory cruise missile strikes in Sudan and Afghanistan following the attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, have elicited criticisms of administration decision-making procedures concerning terrorism. Both government and civilian observers have noted a general inconsistency in the restraint shown after terrorist attacks and the timeliness of consequent US retaliations. In this case, critics also cite the sequestration of senior security advisors…