Iraq is a nation that is dreaded globally, by other countries. The United States of America always enters into conflict with many world nations, especially in the name of promoting peace and fighting for people’s rights. This has led to the deaths of many soldiers, both its citizens and other innocent civilians. Their struggle has been in vain as it has not yielded victory over terrorists. This has propelled criticisms from various world bodies as the U.S.’s aim has never been met. The loss of lives of these soldiers at the war front and others keeps affecting communities as numbers of helpful people keeps on decreasing. The nations, however, has to operate under all the policies that are set.
This invasion of Iraq, not only pondered lives of people but also affected the ethics in society (Chernus 23). This is clearly illustrated with the criticisms after the U.S. invaded Iraq. Some people never clearly related what was happening and the decision that George W. Bush took. Many nations always fear invading other nations even if they have genuine reasons to do that. This fact comes about since most of those nations may interrupt the plans set. Iraq’s case clearly represents a good example. This is evident with the decision that the former president Bush took in line with invading Iraq. This decision, however, greatly favored the development of the nation and its image. Friends and families who always initiate peace and harmony within communities may eventually got enough experience from the invasion.
World governing bodies on human rights have come in handy in addressing this issue. They mainly focus on the lives lost but never consider the motifs of the actions taken. George W. Bush, the president at that time, demonstrated the interests of the whole nation in the decisions he took. The Amnesty International demanded an explanation towards the Iraq invasion and also why the parliament allowed Bush to go ahead with it. It did basing on the fact that the attack affected the normal lives of people. It went on to state the major impacts that George W. Bush decisions had on the entire nation and the people of Iraq. This act was meant to help the citizens of Iraq realize the potential that the nation had.
During the period when the American former president George W. Bush had officially assumed duty and taken control, the policy that the U.S. had set on Iraq was deemed as dormant. The U.N had also taken upon itself to impose many sanctions on the nation of Iraq. George W. Bush is actually noted as having decided to intentionally violate the laws by throwing the diplomatic progress aside. The decision that the same George W. Bush took eventually affected the relationship that the U.S had with other nations. The American government would also lose the treasure costing 700$ billion. If one decides to further consider the costs for the veterans, healthy, food and other costs. The price immediately runs to trillions. As president Barrack Obama seeks his own path to war over the nuclear program of Iran, it is important to look at the positive side of Bush regime as he confronted the country of Iraq (Chernus 180).
Exactly, in January 2001, the U.N took upon itself to officially announce the collapse of sanctions towards Iraq administration. The existing sanctions that were imposed on Iraq came about due to the prevailing Gulf War. These sanctions were expected to positively enforce provisions of Iraq, to surrender their chemical and biological weapons, and also prohibit the Iraq’s pursuit of the nuclear program. The Iraq oil sales were eventually controlled by the U.N. However, throughout the regime of Bill Clinton, Saddam refused to surrender his biological and chemical weapons as well as abstaining nuclear program. In Oct 1988, he apparently deported the U.N. inspectors. Later on, Syria moved on to open a pipeline, which was not authorized by Iraq. Both oil as well as refined petroleum would flow at the Turkish border through the long convoys of the tanker trucks. The international flights which were already banned by the U.N started to operate again. This came about in the event of all the decisions that George W. Bush had taken in line with invading Iraq.
After advancing threats of war from the Bush regime in 2002, Saddam certainly accepted to let U.N inspectors cross the border and enter Iraq. The parliament went on to eventually accord Bush the mandate in the year 2002, to go invade Iraq and undertake his policies. After a short period of time, the U.N threatened Iraq with serious consequences if Saddam did not grant permission to inspectors to fully suspect all suspected weapons sites. The reason that led to these threats was the fact that, inspectors did not get the complete access and they were harassed and ambushed. Bush was out to ensure that the U.S. as a nation, stood out to support the policies set (Jenifer 14).
Though it is just a small population which is aware today, but the fact is the pressure from U.N could force Saddam out of his regime without war. Bush was alerted about the same from the telephone conversation which he received from the Spanish prime minister. Bush found out that, Saddam was planning an exile on Egypt since they were in good terms. Bush said that, Saddam Hussein had indicated clearly to Egyptians that he will be ready to go into exile if they gave him $1 billion and all the necessary information concerning the weapons of mass destruction. The official was never in any clear position to state the evident efforts by the U.S. in line with meeting their plans for the attack. This would eventually affect the whole nation if Iraq had retreated on the actions that Bush took. Despite the fact that he should have consulted on a wider scale, he made the right decision.
The war threats that Bush embraced were enough to quell the plans by the Saddam administration and destruction on the society. Bush would have contained Iraq through the various gains, which he had achieved in the past years. Bush did not need war invasion, since he could accomplish his goals through war threats and sanctions (Jenifer 23).
This was the contested view point during the time analysts in the regime, and also around America argued that immediately after the confrontation. The imposed sanctions and war threats against Saddam administration would end. This was perceived as a fact that would change the impacts on Iraq. An expert who is responsible with sanctions addressed the nation that, both Bush and Clinton administration were more than enough to kick out Saddam’s regime. This would have been a result from a number of air strikes and war invasion at the same time. The Saddam’s power system stated that it would eventually surrender to the callings by the U.S. This was in line with the weapons. This could lead to their surrender since they were already under the pressure concerning sanctions, which were imposed by the United Nations. This information was given by Meghan. He was a renowned analyst deemed significant by the Bush administration (Khan 75). He supported the decision that Bush took in relation to the prevalent circumstances.
The U.S should come up with better ways of handling cases that affect the general public. The decisions taken by George Bush had massive impacts on the society and nation in general. He is noted as having embraced consultation and also many negotiations before undertaking the invasion. This is very evident if one considers the actions taken on Iraq. He should have also noted that the nation had other issues to consider. The benefits accrued from his decisions were great and basing on the resources available, it was a worthy act to take. Many people may argue that the decision taken is not negotiable, but the rate at which ruthless extermination is taking place calls for attention. The war on terror should be scrutinized and even stopped for the benefit of humanity.
Works Cited
Jenifer, Kein. Human Rights First. New York: Harper Collins, 2012, Print.
Khan, Lesley. International Terrorism. New York: Bliss Publishers, 2006, Print.
Chernus, Ian. Monsters To Destroy. California: Paradigm Publishers, Print.
