Iraq's Leader Saddam Hussein example essay topic

The war against Iraq began on March 20, 2002, when the U. S lunched "Operation Iraqi Freedom". This was after President Bush called Iraq part of an "axis of evil", also calling the country dangerous which is threatening U. S with the world's most destructive weapons. The major phase of the war began when U. S troops marched within 50 miles of Baghdad with heavy aerial attacks on Baghdad and other cities. After the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon which was believed to be the work of Al Qaeda, U. S was concerned about the security of the Untied States which lead to the war in Iraq. Even though U. S officials felt the war in Iraq is the main priority, but many people in U. S opposes the war which brings up a lot of controversial issues.

Some people feel that lives of troops are put on risk for unnecessary reason, and people are also concerned about the innocent civilians getting killed in Iraq. Also billions of tax payer's dollars are spent on the war which could be used for other major issues within our country such as poverty, education and security. I feel that declaring war with Iraq was unnecessary and that there are many other ways to resolve this conflict. As the war progressed many people were questioning President Bush's decision to declare war in Iraq because U. S intelligence believes Iraq has weapons of mass distraction, I never agreed with the decision, and I always felt that the money and the effort should be used to catch Osama Bin Laden, who was the man, believed to be responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001. Catching him and bringing him to U. S custody should be the first priority because he still is a threat to our country. I feel that it would work out better instead of going to war and killing a lot of innocent people to find weapons of mass distraction indicated from a weak source. U. S intelligence also claimed Iraq's leader Saddam Hussein was funding the terrorist group who are planning attacks on America.

He was also accused of bribing UN officials when they were doing a search in Iraq for nuclear or biological weapons. The main reason for invading Iraq was because America is concerned about the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons Saddam Hussein might have. Intelligence indicated Saddam was reconstituting its nuclear weapons program and maintained links to al Qaeda affiliates to whom it might give such weapons to use against the United States. After two years of examining Iraq, the weapon search group failed to find weapon of mass destruction stockpiles or any program to produce them. The Bush administration has expressed disappointment that no weapons or started programs to produce weapons were found, but the White House had been reluctant to call off the search, holding out the possibility that weapons were moved out of Iraq before the war or are hidden somewhere inside the country. But the intelligence official said that possibility is very small.

It is very likely if Iraq was holding any kind of weapons that America is concerned about, they would have used it to keep U. S soldiers out of Iraq. There is evidence Saddam Hussein bribed UN staff as well as French and Russian diplomats through the agency distributed oil-for-food program Iraq. He also used the oil-for-food program to finance foreign terrorist groups. One of the biggest concerns for this war is the safety of the U. S soldiers and the civilians of Iraq. Since the start of the war in 2003, a total of 1,524 U. S soldiers have been counted dead and more then 15,000 been wounded. More than 12,000 soldiers have been treated for illness and other none combat injuries.

The families of those soldiers are going to suffer a lot, because of the loss and the families of the current soldiers that are serving in Iraq are very worried for the safety of their close ones. A survey done by the Iraqi political organization claims it documented more than 37,000 civilian deaths in Iraq in the seven months from the start of the U. S war on March 20, 2003. Also, the estimated death of Iraqi milit aries during the invasion range from 10,000 up to 45,000. More than 800 cruise missiles, 18,000 precision-guided bombs, and some 9,000 "dumb" bombs were unleashed on Iraq's major cities and many villages full of civilians during the invasion.

I believe the sources that claimed Iraq to be a threat to the U. S are not strong enough sources to invade Iraq and declare war against them. The one important source that gave us a hint of the attack expected on the U. S was ignored and not taken any action by the Officials to tightening security to prevent an attack on U.S. After the capture of Saddam Hussein, it is unnecessary to continue to keep the same number of U. S soldiers in Iraq, because the leader of Iraq is in the U. S custody. Solders staying in Iraq are causing more conflicts with the Iraqi civilians which are the reason number of deaths of both U. S soldiers and Iraqi civilians are increasing. The number of Iraqi civilians' death is very high and I don't believe they should be killed because they had no connection to the attack on U.S. Iraqi people have very little freedom and can not express their thoughts or feeling toward their leader which might lead to executions. The innocent civilians are not responsible for the decision making by the Iraqi leaders, whose goal is to attack the U.S. There are more important issues that is needed to be taking care of within out country. Over $191 billion dollars had been spent on this war, that money could been used to improve our own country in many ways.

Such as poverty, this still remains larger with more then 39.3 million individuals. That money could also go toward to build a better public education. It makes sense to help and save our own people then kill our own and others.