The Pros And Cons Of The Iraq War

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The United States should have not gone to war with Iraq. The Iraq War was a result of false accusations made by President George Bush to justify revenge for the terrorist attack of 9/11. He blamed not only Iraq, as an entire country, but every citizen of Muslim descent. The Iraq war only intensified the tension between the United States’ and the Middle East, instead of resolving some of our prior issues with each other. At the end of the war many American soldiers’ lives were lost as well as Iraqi soldiers. Families grieved the loss of beloved fathers, uncles, and sons that lost their lives during the messy war. The Iraq War was a war neither the United States nor Iraq were prepared for resulting in complete destruction of both countries. It resulted in destroying America’s image, falsely accusing Muslims, and America’s relationship with other countries, besides Iraq, also fell through. In 2003, before the war had officially begun, US Senator Robert Byrd delivered a speech predicting its doomed outcome. He was one of the few people that recognized the grave mistake the U.S. was making by going into war with Iraq. In his speech he discussed how after the war America would have to rebuild its image, as well as, the country of Iraq. America’s global image …show more content…
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