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The US led war on Iraq has cost many lives and the
disorder of several countries due to terrorism. However none of the
things that made Iraq a threat to global welfare have not been found
yet. It has drained the economy of every member of the Coalition, and
there are now signs of corruption on the information that Coalition
members received. It is clear that the threat of Iraq was not as serious
as we were told.
Firstly, the war on Iraq has cost the lives of hundreds of Coalition
soldiers. More soldiers died from guerilla attacks after the war than
during the war. Roadside bombs, militant groups and suicide bombers are
regularly picking off soldiers, it is not unusual for ten Coalition
troops to die in a single day. Yet, the governments are still piling
soldiers into Iraq and keeping them there longer that they are supposed.
As a result, more troops are dying when these deaths could be easily
avoided.
Not only are soldiers dying, they also seem to be dying
without reason. The one thing that was seen as a threat: the Weapons of Mass
Destruction have not been found anywhere. The American government has even
admitted that they might never find them, in other words, the war on Iraq has
just been a waste of money, resources and lives.
Some of the world’s largest oilfields are also housed in Iraq, and the US led
invasion has somewhat stemmed the flow of oil out of Iraq into the global
market. As a result oil prices have went up. This is not beneficial to the world
economy because countries have to pay more for their oil. However the country
that is affected the most is Iraq itself, because its flow of money comes mostly
from dealing oil.
Just recently many government inquiries have found that the intelligence of
Iraq’s weapons capabilities was insignificant. This challenges the very reason
for the war on Iraq. Iraq did not have any Weapons of Mass Destruction at all.
So the Iraqi war could simply be a personal vendetta of President Bush instead
of an act of protecting the world because George Bush Senior also fought against
Iraq during the first Gulf War and failed to extract a total victory. If this
were true then the war on Iraq would be a complete waste of time.
The war on Iraq has cost many lives and much resource, and all this may be the
revenge of a single man. With this proof anyone can see that this war should not
be allowed to continue. A complete political freedom should be reinstated and
American forces withdrew from Iraq.
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