Reasons for War. "States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger." The United States and the …

In 1991, military targets in Iraq were bombed by the United States in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. In 2003, the United States invaded Iraq under claims that the country was building weapons of mass destruction and supporting terrorism. The 1991 invasion of Iraq was part of the Gulf War. With the backing of the United Nations Security Council, the United States bombed …

How the Bush Administration Took America Into Iraq. By Robert Draper. In April 2003, after he had launched the invasion of Iraq, George W. Bush stood in …

Conventional wisdom lays the blame on neoconservatives, mainly midlevel officials of the Reagan administration who, in their exile during Bill Clinton’s presidency, founded the Project for a New American Century (PNAC), a think tank that advocated a foreign policy stressing “US preeminence” to “secure and expand the ‘zones of democratic peace’” through, if necessary, …

In March 2003, The United States of America invaded Iraq, and this war is also called as the Second Gulf War. During this war, Iraq was strongly defeated, which even its president also has been killed. There are two main reasons, declared by the US, to invade Iraq. First was to defend for the security of its own country and the whole world.

2. Afghanistan.A second reason was the rapid victory in the war in Afghanistan immediately following 9/11. Scholars and pundits had warned of disaster on the eve of …

In 2002 the new U.S. president, George W. Bush, argued that the vulnerability of the United States following the September 11 attacks of 2001, combined with Iraq’s alleged continued possession and manufacture of weapons of mass destruction (an accusation that was later proved erroneous) and its support for terrorist groups—which, according to the Bush administration, …

Why did the US invade Iraq in 1991? The Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991 ) was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait arising from oil pricing and production disputes.

The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War.The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 days of major combat operations, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq. 22 days after the first day of the invasion, …

Finally, Draper mentions the 2003 American invasion of Iraq, which was conducted under President George W. Bush. That invasion was motivated by claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and ties to al-Qaeda but was largely successful in removing Saddam Hussein from power. However, the occupation has been criticized for causing widespread ...