The Event That Led Up To the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

The war in Iraq, sometimes known as the Third Gulf War, began on 20 March 2003 with the invasion of Iraq (known as “Operation Iraqi Freedom ") by the coalition led by the United against the Baath Party Saddam Hussein. President George W. Bush has officially declared its completion on May 2003, under the banner Mission Accomplished. The invasion led to the rapid defeat of the Iraqi army and the capture and execution of Saddam Hussein. The coalition occupied Iraq and attempted to establish a new government. However, violence against coalition forces quickly leads to asymmetric warfare between insurgents, the U.S. military and the new Iraqi government. (Cannon, et al., 2005 P.85-90)

The war in Iraq after the War in Afghanistan characterized the Bush doctrine of “preventive war "and about what some call the" new American empire.” This war involved in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) that George W. Bush declared in response to the attacks of September 11, 2001.

The Military and Political Strategies

The second war in Iraq was conducted under the leadership of the United States. Having launched an offensive in Afghanistan, where bin Laden has taken shelter, and suspecting links between Iraq and al-Qaeda, George W. Bush supported Rumsfeld and Tommy Franks to form an attack plan against Iraq. That is the plan of operation 1003V, which is an "evolution" of the war plan of the first Gulf War. (R.A. Kessler, 2004 P.96-98)

Long-range missiles and their proliferation control in the 20th century's performance since the 90s, but the Iraq Survey Group, charged by the U.S. government to find these weapons, announced in September 2004, since 1991, nor is there any running program to get new Any chemical weapons (see below), only 500 have been collected and ammunition across the country have been abandoned or neglected, deteriorating condition of the Iran-Iraq war. (Kutz-Famenbaum, Rachel 2007P.65-69)

The arrest of Saddam Hussein, the establishment of a democracy and the pacification of the region by an effect of example.

The Two Major Political Parties View the War

However, these elements are disputed by many analysts, journalists and politicians. The evidence presented by the United States to support the existence in Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, their ideas, especially in the publications to continue to research, manufacture of such weapons or links to terrorism in Iraq will not cause more controversial existence Downing Street memo. In addition, a number of factors contributed to the real motive of the intervention, such as:

• the link between the power of the new conservatives in Washington and the oil companies, including Carlyle Group, Enron, Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Cheney) and Unocal (which is Karzai's adviser); • the link between the power of the new conservatives in Washington and the military (including Halliburton) and subcontractors; • Iraq's decision not to oppose the U.S. of its oil currency, the euro.

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