The war in Iraq is one of the main reasons for the low percentage of young new military recruits and the hostile attitude towards the military. Here are the “reasons” for the lucrative war’s beginning and the “necessities” for its continuation.
The war in Iraq began on March 20, 2003 and this year marks its fifth year anniversary. In a radio announcement President Bush states the reasons for the invasion of Iraq as follows, “to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein's support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people.” Now we know there are no (and have never been) any weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein has been caught and executed, and the people of Iraq do not want the United States’ military presence in their country.
Last year President Bush proposed to send 20,000 more American troops to Iraq. He argues that there have not been enough American or Iraqi troops in Baghdad and that the United States cannot afford to lose the war because the consequences would be oh so devastating. Though there have been documents where the White House acknowledges that Bush’s previous strategy was “based on fundamentally flawed assumptions about the power of the shaky Iraqi government.” There is no telling if this new strategy is any different than the last, but President Bush was quote on quote saying this new strategy will surely succeed, “Because it has to.”
There are many people that claim President Bush and his administration decided to invade Iraq with no intentions of ever leaving the country. That is because they have established fourteen permanent or “long-term” military bases as “temporary international peace keepers.” Democracy Rising, a founding member of United for Peace and Justice, is an organization of people opposed to the war in
Iraq. In response to the turmoil the war has caused both Iraq and the United States, Democracy Rising has developed an exit strategy to bring the troops back home and establish some form of stability in both countries. This strategy consists of three steps that involve developing an international peace-keeping force, supporting Iraqi self rule and fair elections, and the United States providing aid and support to the reconstruction of Iraq.
With the United States spending over $500 billion on the war alone and neglecting domestic problems, President Bush should act on this exit strategy and give up his “reasons” to continue the war.
Info:
President Discusses Beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030322.html
Bush Adds Troops in Bid to Secure Iraq
Time for an Exit Strategy
http://democracyrising.us/content/view/19/2/
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