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The War in Iraq: Invasion of Ba'athist Iraq by the United States of America
Samuel Lopez
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Phr 102

War to me is painless it has no feelings or remorse for anybody or anything that crosses its path and will not stop for anything unless its purpose its fulfilled. We live in a time of war and ever since I was born I have always seen it around me and the society I live in. Thankfully I have never been a victim but I do have family members that have paid the maximum price for it. War is death and it will kill anything that crosses its path.
The war in Iraq was a war that consisted of two phases first was the invasion of Ba'athist Iraq by the United States of America and the United Kingdom and also the assistance of several other countries like Poland and Australia. The first days of attacks mainly lasted about 21 days of major combat operations and finally ended with the United States of America capturing and obtaining control over the capital Baghdad . According to U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the objective of the mission was to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein's support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people from Hussein and his abuse, but the one reason why the American people wanted to start a war was because of the attacks to the united states of America on September 11 2001 when thousands of Americans died on the hands of terrorism. It was important for the US to attack our enemies and pursue justice and give closure to the people who lost their loved ones and strike back after the attacks to our home land.
Were the allegations of our president Bush and tony Blair the British prime minister true or maybe they were not . on the invasion to Iraq many others of our long-standing U.S. allies, including the governments of France, Germany, New Zealand, and Canada. The leaders argued that there was no evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that invading that country was not justified also there were protest around the world against the

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