Saddam Hussein Research Paper
As the 1991 Gulf War came to an end, another contention began to arise. The United Nations containment of Iraq was a success that led them to draw back from Iraq—yet still leaving Saddam Hussein as the Iraq leader. September 11, 2001 marks the day that thousands of Americans lost their lives, due to an attack schemed by Osama bin Laden. With the notion that Saddam Hussein had been fully involved with Osama bin Laden and an even stronger belief that Iraq had reconstituted its nuclear weapon program, on March 3, 2003 George W. Bush with the consent of Congress, declared the American Invasion of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. With every subsequent event occurring in the Middle East, the invasion arose as imperative at the time. Operation Iraqi Freedom was launched with the intent of once again containing dictator Saddam Hussein from the ability to develop and use weapons of mass destruction against its adversaries. The war lasted for eight years. Today the question is whether it was the right decision to invade Iraq or not. Although, the mission had
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This resolution set the terms to eliminate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. However, this act did not guarantee the cooperation from Saddam Hussein and inculcated massive fear from other nations security. The United States, Germany, Russia and Great Britain had the strong belief that Saddam’s Hussein had indeed reconstructed his nuclear weapon program. According to Greg Young’s lecture on January 21, 2016, there was strong intelligence verification of Hussein intent and capability to use them as he had before in the Iran-Iraq territorial dispute of 1990-1998. This Intelligence led George W. Bush to invade Iraq in 2003. His agenda consisted of eliminating the biggest threat and his nuclear power, tearing down the government and army to rebuild a new one. Nonetheless, he was wrong. The weapon program was
This resolution set the terms to eliminate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. However, this act did not guarantee the cooperation from Saddam Hussein and inculcated massive fear from other nations security. The United States, Germany, Russia and Great Britain had the strong belief that Saddam’s Hussein had indeed reconstructed his nuclear weapon program. According to Greg Young’s lecture on January 21, 2016, there was strong intelligence verification of Hussein intent and capability to use them as he had before in the Iran-Iraq territorial dispute of 1990-1998. This Intelligence led George W. Bush to invade Iraq in 2003. His agenda consisted of eliminating the biggest threat and his nuclear power, tearing down the government and army to rebuild a new one. Nonetheless, he was wrong. The weapon program was