Important Effects to the US-Iraq War of 2003
Welcome back to another blog post! This time, I want to talk about the United States' intervention in Iraq in 2003. Although a common theme that is shared regarding the war in Iraq was that it was due to claims of the harboring of weapons of mass destruction. When looking at the war from a holistic view, we quickly can understand the greater effects that caused the Bush administration to lobby hard for the invasion. Ahh yes, George W Bush. A former Oil executive turned President shared with the American people that we should be concerned about WMDs in Iraq in 2003. (Source) I think that the most important reason why the United States wanted to get involved in Iraq was to secure both the oil reserves that Saddam Hussein's regime was restricting and to also have a regional presence in one of the world's top-producing oil nations. Of course, it is important to recognize that there were clear indicators in the United States government that the invasion and democratization of I...