Iraq notes
Main cause:
-After the Iraqi invasion, it was concluded that Iraq had ended it MWD program in 1991 and had no active programs at the time of invasion
-The invasion of Iraq led to an occupation and the eventual capture of president Hussein
-Hussien was later tried in an Iraqi court of law and executed by the new Iraqi government
Other causes
-Some accused Saddam Hussein of harboring and supporting Al-Qaeda but no evidence of a meaningfuul connection was ever
-Iraqi government human rights abused
-Wanted to spread democracy to the country
-Oil interests
-President Bush wanted to "fix what his daddy messed up"
Issues in Iraq after Invasion
-Violence against coalition forces
-Civil war and sectarian violence
-The emergence of Al-Qaeda in Iraq
-Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse 2004
President Bush's Polocies
-Started the war in 2003
-War was supported at first but no WMD found led to war becoming very unpopular
-Abu Ghraib
-Accused of not having an "exit strategy"
-Helped establish a new democratic government in Iraq
-The surger took place in 2007. It helped get the violence under control in Iraq
- Started troop reductionn in 2008
President Obama polocies
-Opposed to war at the outset as a Senator
-After being president, Obama switched the focus to the war in Afghanistan
-Pulled out all US combat troops in August 2010
-Pulled all US troops out in December 2011 thus ending the Iraq war
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