Iraq From This Point Forward
... From the war between Iran and Iraq beginning in the early 80s, to the involvement of the United States in the early 90s, to the American persuit of terrorist organizations in Afghanistan and Iraq in the past few years. The actions that the Unites States is currently taking in Iraq in attempt to fight terrorism have become quite extreme. ... A gradual withdrawl of American troops, along with a gradual transfer of power toward Iraqi officials, is the only course of action that the United States of America can take at this point. ... A withdrawl will take time, as many years of conflict and suffering must be overcome, and the people of Iraq can not do it alone in their current condition. Problems with the country of Iraq began back in 1990 with Iraqs invasion of the country of kuwait, which lead to the beginnings of the Gulf War. At that point, Saddam Hussein had tried to gain too much power and, with the bold words of President Bush, "This will not stand, this agression against Kuwait. ... U-2 planes captured evidence of weapons, and plans for weapons were also found, but Iraq continued to deny everything. These actions continued through the 90s, and resulted in the withdrawl of weapons inspectors and the bombing of Iraq by American forces without the approval of the U. ... After bombing Afghanistan looking for terrorist groups, the United States turned back to Iraq. ... Bush continutes his assault on Iraq, insisting that Iraq is the enemy, even in his State of the Union Address: Our Second Goal is to prevent regimes that sponsor terror from threatening America or our friends or allies with weapons of mass destruction.