The Iraq war, also known as the Second Gulf War which was initiated by United States led invasion, have resulted in many criticisms and opinions by many people from all over the world. Everyone is questioning about whether the choice made by the United States - to invade Iraq, was right or wrong. The main rationale given by the United States President George W. Bush at that time, was that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction which posed as a immediate threat to all the countries.Using this ''convenient'' excuse, Iraq was taken over by the U.S led forces and a combination of other country's troops , which resulted in massive deaths from both sides. However, many of these deaths were from innocent civilians which were killed unknowingly by stray bullets and bombs, causing an uproar in Iraq itself by its people. This caused many insurgents to seek revenge by going on a killing spree, killing U.S soldiers and un-armed civilians nonchalantly, pushing the death tolls to a greater height every single day.
Most surprisingly of all, the so called 'weapons of mass destruction'' which in the first place caused this war to happen, did not exist at all after weapon inspectors were sent in to investigate. However, instead of pulling out the troops immediately, United States President George W. Bush increased the number of troops to be sent in as reinforcement, and also spent a huge amount of money on reconstruction, etc.
Clearly, United States President George W. Bush did not consider those soldier's feelings at all, as sending the troops there meant great risks which could cause one's life.Furthermore, the amount of money spent in Iraq itself, could have been used for greater purposes such as donating to the charity and perhaps building more schools in poor and needy countries.
To sum it all up, i feel that the choice to invade Iraq was a wrong one, and it caused serious consequences, disrupting many people's way of life, resulting in deaths of many innocent people, and caused Iraq to be terrorised by insurgents and that the people there could no longer enjoy the peace that they had before.
-Edmund
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