Mission accomplished?
The United States has withdrawn its major combat forces from Iraq. The question to be asked is, did the US fulfill its mission in Iraq?
The reason that the US and its allies invaded Iraq was because Iraq supposedly had weapons of mass destruction. Even without the consent of the United Nations the alliance went into Iraq. During that time the weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) were never found in Iraq. The United States argued that the invasion of Iraq was to protect US from threats from Iraq and terrorists inside Iraq. Also it was assumed that Saddam Hussein had links with the terrorist group Al-Qaeda which attacked the United States on September 11, 2001.
Before the invasion by the alliance Iraq was ran by the cruel dictator Saddam Hussein for many years. Saddam and his army could barely fight after a week and in less than a month his government was toppled by the US. The world witnessed the precision of America’s modern weapons. During the war thousands died, buildings and structures were destroyed, so the people of Iraq became desperate. Suicide bombing became a strategy to combat against the invading forces. Baghdad became more violent than ever.
Later the US government helped establish a democratic government in Iraq but it is still at an infant stage and is very fragile. Stabilizing a country is not like fitting a retail display, you can’t just put certain items in place and expect the country to stabilize itself.
The people of Iraq were not the only ones who died, there were thousands of US and allied soldiers who died or were disabled in this war. The economy of the United States was greatly affected by the war as well. Even though before the war in Iraq Saddam had no link to Al-Qaeda however after the war many believe that Al-Qaeda started recruiting inside Iraq.
The question is that did the US accomplish its mission? The answer in toppling Saddam is yes but in finding the weapons of mass destruction it is no. Though some may see the war as a way to liberate a country from a cruel dictator, what really matters is what the people of Iraq think about it.
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