The War Against Iraq

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The paper contends that the US-led coalition power has failed to achieve its mission in Iraq. The paper begins by explaining that when George W. Bush and Tony Blair declared war on Iraq, they proclaimed that they had solid evidence that Iraq had been trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons. The paper continues that they never found these weapons and so now they have severe problems in upholding justification for the war. The paper describes the worsening situation in Iraq and includes a diary excerpt of a young Iraqi woman's suffering. The paper concludes that the war in Iraq should not have occurred because the invasion was no more than a punishment for Iraq, encouraged by American victims of 9.11 thinking, "We should do something about terrorism."

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"The US-led coalition power has failed to achieve its mission in Iraq. From the very start, there were no persuasive reasons that justified invading Iraq. Not only did the coalition make unreasonable demands on a sovereign country, the coalition never found menacing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and never proved its allegation that the Iraqi government was connected with Al-Qaeda. Failing to provide evidence for these charges, the leaders of the coalition power and some pro-war scholars have begun positioning the war in another way. Instead of admitting failure, they insist that the war was necessary to promote democracy in Iraq. Also, the US and the UK have not been successful in securing public order and peace in Iraq for the last three years after major combat ended because of their poor planning. Last, but not least, the war has not produced better results. Iraq has been brutally destroyed based on false accusations. And, Americans are not any more secure from terrorism. Because the attack on Iraq by the US-led coalition power has not met its objectives, it has been a wasted effort that should not have occurred."

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