Iraq War

Declare War On Iraq He Did

On March 20, 2003, The United States went to war against Iraq. The President said that had to declare war on Iraq for three basic reasons. His goal was to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction he also wanted to end Saddam Husseins support for terrorism. He also wanted to free the Iraqi people. While these are all understandable goals, there have always been many people who have disagreed with the war.

Why declare war on Iraq War on Iraq was declared March 20, 2003. President Bush's first goal was to remove all weapons of mass destruction, which, according to intelligence information he said was hidden in the desserts surrounding Iraq by Saddam Hussein.

Several other reasons for going to war against Iraq were that it would eventually remove the threat of terrorism on the US, it would also help the US economy, and because so many people wanted to go to war against Iraq anyway.

On March 21st, 2003 President Bush sent a letter to Congress stating that he believed that no further peace talks or other peaceful methods would be successful and that he thought that it was time for the US to take a peremptory strike in order to maintain the United States' national security. However, this has often been the case historically in matters of war. President Lincoln declared war in the summer of 1860 while congress was out of session, he did get their permission when they got back. Therefore, this isn't out of line with what has happened historically.

Opposition to the War Long before the war, there were protests against it. Therefore, the president's statement that we should do it just because everybody wants to do it is neither moral nor historically accurate. Historical records show that there were literally thousands of Americans who opposed the war. Even the president himself should have known about the thousands of protests against the war well before it started, so that point is the weakest in his armor. Those against the war would ask why he would even say that we should go to war just because most of the American people wanted to do it.

We all now know that the war in Iraq hasn't helped our economy at all! Gas prices here in American are up to $3.00/ gallon of gas because gas production in Iraq is almost at a standstill. So it is obvious that the war in Iraq has not helped the American economy at all. Why would one think so in the first place? Iraq is the third largest oil-producing nation in the world. If they were at war, what would do for fuel?

Conclusion President Bush had gave the American people and congress many reasons for going to war. He thought it would help our economy, end terrorism and free the Iraqi people. While the Iraqi people were freed, it did not help the US economy. It has done more to actually hurt our economy.