Bush Administration decision War in IRAQ

Assessing the Iraq War

Since the terror attacks in September 11 , 2001 that claimed 2 ,973 lives the administration of President George Bush has dramatically altered American foreign policy to fight global terrorism . A year after , the United States government formulated a new National Security Strategy which articulates the use of preemptive strikes against hostile states This approach calls for immediate military action to prevent violence directed towards America and its allies as well as search and destroy operations to stop rogue nations from obtaining weapons of mass destruction (WMD ) or

sheltering terrorists . Our priority will be first to disrupt and destroy terrorist organizations of global reach and attack their leadership command , control , and communications material support and finances . This will have a disabling effect upon the terrorists ' ability to plan and operate (White House ,

. 5 . After the implementation of such policy in Afghanistan , Pres . Bush extended the plan to Saddam Hussein by invading Iraq in March 2003 despite without approval from the United Nations Security Council

The world protested the invasion but majority of the Americans then supported the war . The administration expected the war would remove Saddam 's oppressive regime , liberate the people of Iraq , install democracy , improved security in the region , and assert American power and leadership . However , the situation in Iraq has become a nightmare with rising casualties and the most expensive in the last 60 years Pres . Bush was highly criticized for giving false information to justify the war . American support for the war is now deteriorating and many believe it was a mistake . Furthermore , the war aggravated resistance against the occupation both locally and elsewhere , ignored international law , damaged American reputation especially within the Arab world , and lost its moral authority as the great defender of freedom . The on-going inscontinues to take innocent lives

The Justification of the War . President George W . Bush 's decision to invade Iraq in 2003 ultimately may come to be seen as one of the most profligate actions in the history of American foreign policy . The consequences of his choice won 't be clear for decades , but it already is abundantly apparent in mid-2006 that the U .S . government went to war in Iraq with scant solid international support and on the basis of incorrect information - about weapons of mass destruction and a supposed nexus between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda 's terrorism - and then occupied the country negligently (Ricks , 2006 ,

. 3 . Top government officials tried to persuade public opinion that Saddam posed a serious threat to the world as what he did in 1991 when he attacked Kuwait . They claimed that he was producing WMD (biological and chemical weapons nuclear weapons , and had strong ties with international terrorist groups like al-Qaeda of Osama bin Laden , which would ultimately linked him to the September 11 attacks . In addition , Saddam committed various human rights violation under his rule by killing his own people and defied for decades U .N . Security Council Resolutions designed to make sure Iraq will...