Iraq Veterans Against the War

Films about war have always caught my attention. American Sniper was no different. American Sniper is a film that was released in 2015, based on the book written by Chris Kyle. Chris Kyle is known as the most lethal sniper in American history. He was a United States Navy SEAL, joining the elite squad when he was 25 years old. By his own account, Chris Kyle says he killed 160 enemies while protecting our military men. His primary mission was to protect his comrades and he took his mission to heart. His accuracy saved countless numbers of lives and made him a primary target of the enemies. His skill landed him four tours in Iraq fighting for our country. When he returns home from war after an honorable discharge in 2009, he finds it difficult…

To fully understand the Iraq War, one must analyze the benefits of the war, fatalities of the war, and costs of the war. Is America winning or losing the war? How many soldiers did we deploy and how many died? How much money did we spend? Who is Saddam Hussein? How has iraq suffered from the war ? How has the U.S. suffered from the war? What did we really get? These are all questions the American people want to know, but can’t seem to find the answer too. The Iraq war was the reaction to one of…

Families face numerous challenges before, during, and after a family member has been deployed. A lot of attention and studies have been placed on the deployment of the soldiers, but the return and reunification process can be just as stressful. The proposed documentaries will give a brief overview of military families and will follow the conflicts and struggle these families faced when their service members returned home from deployments to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. These deployments…

during a chemical attack. Operation Desert Storm was a war on Iraq because of the invasion of Kuwait. This war consisted of over 600,000 troops with the US owning around 74 percent of all troops. Desert Storm was needed in order to liberate Kuwait. This all happened when Iraq invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990. While Operation Desert Storm was a final stand to let Iraq know who had the upper hand, the outcome of the attack was a success because of the liberation of Kuwait. The attack was a final…

Iraq & Afghanistan War War, whether it was centuries ago, or going on currently, impacts those fighting in many ways. For example, in the Iraq and Afghanistan war, there were over 8,000 soldiers killed in action since 2001. That number stems from a total of 14 years of combat operations. In comparison, there are nearly the same number of suicides by U.S. servicemen and women every single year. Soldiers are not only impacted by physical injury, but there is a very substantial amount of them who…

American Sniper then leads the audience through his four tours in Iraq, which are contrasted with his slowly worsening relationship with his wife and children, which is explained with his noted absence and untreated Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). While the director, Clint Eastwood, claims the film had “no political aspect” in its portrayal of Kyle’s actions, the film clearly appeals to justify the Iraq…

Being a War Veteran Participation in war changes a person, but participation in two wars extremely changes a person that only a few will fully understand. People who have never been there ask me what it was like. Did you get shot at or shoot anyone? Others will share stories about a sibling, cousin, friend, or someone they knew who went to fight in a war. Even though they know someone who fought in a war, they themselves don’t fully understand what I went through on a daily basis. Only your…

frequently. A deployment to Iraq, in which a job required him to clear the streets of Iraqi bodies following attacks, left him with a horror that would follow him home. Severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety became so intense that he lost every job he applied for, which totaled around six. While residing in Georgia he began to drown his sorrows in alcohol and received a DUI. A move to Phoenix, Arizona, provided him with a stable job, but…

the United States, but only in recent years has the issue become a more widespread and noticeable phenomenon. Around the same time, homeless veteran began to grab the attention of the public. According to the Annual Homeless Assessment Report, there are 39,471 unsheltered and sheltered homeless veterans in 2016 (Henry, 2016). It is an upsetting fact that the men and women who represented America in time of war, are now sleeping under bridges and sides…

The United States involvement in other countries has come at a great price. We have lost thousands of men and women in a war that is not ours. Social, political and economic issues have been a common thing for the Middle East as any place in the word. Would the intervention of the United States help resolve any of these issues in the Middle East? Should the U. S. be involved at all? Many argue that this war has led the U.S. into a deep financial debt. According to the…