War in Iraq

On March 20, 2003, the United States launched an assault on the Middle Eastern Country of Iraq. The United States claimed to have reason to believe that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction, but no weapons have been found. Many Americans, along with me, find the war to be immoral and unjustifiable. The war in Iraq is no more than the U.S. positioning itself strategically in another oil rich location.

It is well known that the U.S. government has been accused of misleading the general population. "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us."-V.P Dick Cheney. No weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq, which makes one wonder the true cause of the American invasion of Iraq.

Many speculate that the war in Iraq is President George W. Bush’s attempt to become a legacy in the Middle East like his father. His father, George H.W. Bush, led a very successful, Desert Storm, military campaign, in which the American military completely wiped out the Iraqi forces in Kuwait in a matter of weeks. The current war in Iraq could very possibly be little more than a son trying to live up to his father’s legacy, which would definitely be the wrong reason for the American occupation of Iraq. The more cynical people are saying that George Bush is in Iraq for oil.

Everybody knows that oil prices are skyrocketing due to an ever increasing demand for this precious commodity. You wouldn’t have to try very hard hypothesis the connection between the world’s super power’s need for oil, and the oil rich country in which it is occupying. Currently, with gas prices at a record high, it is hard to imagine that the U.S. is really gaining anything from the Iraqi occupation, but you never know what the government is, or was, planning. Though the true reason for the American occupation is still unclear to some, nobody can deny that there has been good done.

The real reason for the Iraq War will probably remain unclear for a long time. With the current administration denying any wrong doing, and a knew administration only months away from taking over, the true reason for the war in Iraq will probably die along with the Bush Administration. Whether we are there for a selfish man's legacy, oil, or even the slight possiblity of a weapon of mass destruction, there is little debate that what we are doing is immoral. We have destroyed a sovereign nation's governemt, and the only justifiable option available is staying there until a new governemt can stabilize.