Opposition to the Iraq War

comparative events in US history. The Abu Ghraib Torture and Prison Abuse was a series of human rights violations against prisoners in Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq, which began in March of 2003. The Bataan Death March was the relocation by foot of American Prisoners from the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O, Donnel a prisoner camp of the Japanese during World War 2. While both Abu Ghraib and The Bataan Death March are a result of poor training and leadership, Abu Ghraib was more of the morale…

The Iraq War was a conflict fought between a United States led coalition and Iraq. While the exact causes and motives are somewhat unclear, it is certain that the war was motivated by past events, such as 9/11 and the 1991 Gulf War, threats of weapons of mass destruction, and contrasts between the dictatorship of Iraq and the republic of America (Hanson). With the initial conflict over, debates have spread across the world, questioning whether the United States was justified in starting the…

State and re-stabilize Iraq and the Levant, Assad should be funded and the FSA discarded.The continual conflict in Syria is one of the most controversial and misconcepted engagements in the modern era, because of media organizations spreading these truthless allegations and misconceptions. Most westerners view the Syrian Civil War as a fight between an evil regime led by the brutal and malicious Bashar Al-Assad, and Peaceful democracy seeking freedom fighters. The Syrian Civil War has been…

a more diverse military than today. During the Vietnam War, only 25% of service members were draftees (compared with 66% of WWII service members), but almost one in ten members of that generation were veterans. This leads to a group of civilians who is much more likely to interact with veterans on a day-to-day basis. There are two generations between those who have served in the Vietnam War and those who are joining the military during the War on Terrorism. The end of the draft might be…

Arab powers were shocked by this so they called the United States and other Western nations to intervene. Saddam Hussein refused to listen to the United Nations Security Council demands to withdraw from Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War began with a huge U.S. air offense known as Operation Desert Storm. On January 17, 1991 Operation Desert Storm was initiated. According to John F. Stewart, “Desert Storm marked many firsts for Army Intelligence.” It was a 42-day U.S. led air…

Iraq War developed in two phases. The first conflict began in 2003 with the invasion of the Iraq from American and English troops. The second conflict lasted until December 2011 with the withdrawal of American troops. Before this war began, there were some signals that something was happening. In Iraq, gradually, a dangerous man was gaining acceptance and power. This man, Saddam Hussein, was suppressing the Kurds, an Iraqi minority, that was revolting against him and was fighting for its…

cultural differences between the US and the Arabic people. If America were to impose democracy and an American modeled government on the Middle Eastern countries, it would not be a lasting effect because of the clashing cultures. (Ellsworth 1). In Iraq for example, the push for a functioning democracy is near to impossible as the country is divided to give in to the American way of running their country or keeping to their traditional ways. At the same time, none of the politicians who run…

Would you like to know what's stopping millions of americans from losing their lives? Or who puts an end to the plots? Well the gruesome truth is that what's stopping these attacks is torture. Torture is defined by, to inflict severe pain on, what hundreds of people believe, is doing what's necessary to save lives. Many people disagree with the thought of torture and believe it's inhumane and unconstitutional, but the reality is that it is what’s preventing another severe attack like 9/11. The…

The U.S. war spending in Iraq and Afghanistan to the health of the US economy. The economists disagree whether these wars will have a positive or negative long-term economic impact. The total spending remains relatively compared to historical levels. During WWII, defense spending to levels as high as 37.8% of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). The total costs of the wars should be kept in perspective, they also point to collateral economic consequences beyond direct expenditures. This…

In May 2003, I was a Staff Sergeant serving as a squad leader in a Military Police Company. We deployed to Baghdad Iraq in support of combat operations; I led a squad of 12 Soldiers. My squad’s primary mission was conducting mounted and dismounted patrols in a neighborhood called Al-Dura in the southern part of Baghdad. Soon after arriving in country and receiving our mission, all squad leaders reported to the Battalion Headquarters for introductions and assigning of interpreters to our…