User:All Hail Shelby

The United States invaded Iraq on March 19th of 2003. At the time, Iraq was believed to possess weapons of mass destruction and was uncooperative with the UN in their efforts to find and destroy them. The United States also had reason to believe Iraq had connections to the terrorist involvement in 9/11. In addition, over the years Iraq has been known as committing many treacherous and inhumane cruelties towards its people. So the question remains, was going to war with Iraq justified?

During his reign, Saddam Hussein was notoriously known for the high levels of torture and mass murder he was committing. He often targeted the extinction of the Kurds, in which he would detonate chemical weapons killing hundreds of thousands of people. He would also torture those whom he did not like or who spoke out against the government. An example of his torture is what he liked to call “the paper shredder”. What this was, was a giant looking paper shredder in which he would feed people through until they were bits and pieces. The people he liked, however, were very lucky because instead of going feet first and enduring the tremendous pain, he would put them in head first so they would die quickly and painless. He did this and many worse things to reprimand his people. If these acts are justifiable, then going to war with Iraq was not.

On September 11th, 2001 tragedy struck the United States, when the New York trade centers, along with all the people inside, went up in flames. We now know this happened because of the terrorist hijackers on the planes. After much research and unyielding efforts they were able to trace all who were involved in this operation. The leader of the 9/11 hijackers was Mohammed Atta. The Czechs, who had long monitored Iraqi intelligence, have maintained that Atta was in contact with Iraqi intelligence officials. Many of his meetings are documented as with a man named Ahmed al-Ani, who happens to be a top Iraqi intelligence official. Do you really think this could be just a coincidence?

In late 2002 and early 2003 the United Nations had reason to believe that Iraq was harboring and creating weapons of mass destruction. Because of this, they asked for Saddam’s permission to search his top government facilities, but he failed to fully comply. Despite their relentless efforts and patience, Saddam wouldn't give them the information needed to conclude he did not possess weapons of mass destruction. This is the final straw, and leads to the invasion of Iraq.

Today, the U.S. is still at war with terror, but now in a reborn Iraq. Since invading Iraq the UN has not found weapons of mass destruction, but has, however, found over 500 chemical weapons, which have the ability to kill hundreds of thousands of people. They have also found the beginnings of what seem to be weapons of mass destruction, but that has yet to be concluded. Now more than ever the United States needs support in there continuing efforts to free Iraq and the world from terror. So, the question still remains, was the United States justified in going to war with Iraq? Most definitely.