U.S. Policy Actions for Iraq

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This paper discusses the different foreign policy options available to the US that will help it bring political and military stability in Iraq. The paper relates that the US options at this time fall under two main categories, but each with numerous ramifications and implications of their own. The US can either leave the country or remain, at the same time maintaining or increasing the number of troops present in Iraq. The paper then discusses the advantages and disadvantages of both options as well as why they are so complicated. The paper concludes that all of the options discussed have significant disadvantages, notably more disadvantages than advantages, and that, at this time, there is no clear optimal solution that can be implemented in Iraq.

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"On the other hand, leaving Iraq would send a dangerous message for future pacifying interventions like the one in Iraq was initially thought out to be: battle the invading forces, as hard as you can, and they will eventually accept defeat and leave. It would give out a message to the world, including to the US partners, that the Iraqi invasion was wrong in the first place and that the last four years have virtually meant nothing and have brought nothing along except a long list of casualties. Leaving Iraq poses a significant question of creditability on the part of the US in front of the entire world. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• 1. Oliker, Olga; Crane, Keith. U.S. Policy Options for Iraq. For US Air Force. 2007.

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