Us Troops In Afghanistan Research Paper
United States Interventions
Issue #1
United States Troops in afghanistan
Source: Greg Bruno, The War in Afghanistan
Just after the September 11th, 2001, attacks on American soil that took down the World Trade Center, America was already planning how to take down the al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the one who planned the attacks. We discovered his location in Afghanistan only months later, and the thought of an invasion was on everyone’s minds.
The United States led multiple offensives against al-Qaeda and the Taliban, who were discovered to be holding bin Laden to protect him from the Armed Forces of the United States. How they got to be holding him was only due to one reason. The September 9th, 2001 assassination of Ahmad Shah …show more content…
Was this war a mistake? Or was it necessary?
Fast Facts
176,000
Troops were deployed at the height of the counterinsurgency that took place in 2007.
2 Bunkers
Supposedly, there were enough Weapons of Mass Destruction found in Iraq to fill two whole average-sized bunkers.
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Soldier standing in the rubble of a city in Iraq
This war was almost a, “Part Two”, to the Gulf War. The reason this invasion happened was due to the leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, holding Weapons of Mass Destruction. He was using these weapons on the people of Iraq, which was against international laws. The United States, along with other countries, stepped in and stopped this. The War in Iraq actually had two phases. The first phase, the shortest one, took place from March to April of 2003. This was the main war, where troops from The US, Great Britain, and other small countries invaded and took out Iraqi forces. The Second phase took place from 2003 to 2011. After the invasion and war, the United States led an occupation of the country to keep the peace. This was met by an Insurgency, which wanted the US out. Ground forces managed to settle the Insurgency down, until violence declined in 2007. After that, the removal of troops began. The last set of troops were removed in 2011, completing the
Issue #1
United States Troops in afghanistan
Source: Greg Bruno, The War in Afghanistan
Just after the September 11th, 2001, attacks on American soil that took down the World Trade Center, America was already planning how to take down the al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the one who planned the attacks. We discovered his location in Afghanistan only months later, and the thought of an invasion was on everyone’s minds.
The United States led multiple offensives against al-Qaeda and the Taliban, who were discovered to be holding bin Laden to protect him from the Armed Forces of the United States. How they got to be holding him was only due to one reason. The September 9th, 2001 assassination of Ahmad Shah …show more content…
Was this war a mistake? Or was it necessary?
Fast Facts
176,000
Troops were deployed at the height of the counterinsurgency that took place in 2007.
2 Bunkers
Supposedly, there were enough Weapons of Mass Destruction found in Iraq to fill two whole average-sized bunkers.
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Soldier standing in the rubble of a city in Iraq
This war was almost a, “Part Two”, to the Gulf War. The reason this invasion happened was due to the leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, holding Weapons of Mass Destruction. He was using these weapons on the people of Iraq, which was against international laws. The United States, along with other countries, stepped in and stopped this. The War in Iraq actually had two phases. The first phase, the shortest one, took place from March to April of 2003. This was the main war, where troops from The US, Great Britain, and other small countries invaded and took out Iraqi forces. The Second phase took place from 2003 to 2011. After the invasion and war, the United States led an occupation of the country to keep the peace. This was met by an Insurgency, which wanted the US out. Ground forces managed to settle the Insurgency down, until violence declined in 2007. After that, the removal of troops began. The last set of troops were removed in 2011, completing the