The Failed Iraq War

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The paper presents the arguments that the "war on terrorism" has unacceptable costs for the United States and is doomed to failure. The paper points out flaws in American military strategies and claims that they have led to insurgency, violence and an ineffective Iraqi army. The writer even claims that American actions so antagonize Iraqis that they are creating terrorists faster than they are killing them. The paper contends that success could be had only by annihilating Iraq, the nation they are supposedly trying to save. The paper concludes that this war on terror cannot and should not go on.

From the Paper:

"Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the world seemed united in condemning as an assault on civilization.1 With frustrating haste, the United States squandered world support by going to war against Iraq on March 20, 2003. Within days, American forces occupied that country, neutralizing all formal opposition. Unfortunately, defeating the Iraqi army was only the beginning of the American role in Iraq, and for its continuation, the United States has proven wholly unprepared. Entering Iraq with unreasonable expectations that we would be welcomed as liberators, America brought a force that, for all its hardware, was less than one-third the number of military and police that Saddam Hussein had used to control his country. Virtually no planning had been done about dealing with post-war Iraq. Critically, the United States had almost no interpreters among its invading troops."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Cockburn, Alexander. "The Truth About the War." The Nation. 281:10 (Dec. 12, 2005).
• "Democrats and the War." The Nation. 281:3-4 (Oct. 28, 2005).
• Elkins, Caroline. "The Wrong Lesson." Atlantic Monthly. 296:34 (July/Aug. 2005).
• Enders, David. "Iraqis Demand a U.S. Withdrawal." The Nation. 281:18-21 (Oct. 3, 2005).
• Fallows, James. "Success Without Victory." Atlantic Monthly. 295;80-92 (Jan/Feb. 2005).

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