IRAQ WAR

Iraq war is described as one of the bloodiest and unjustified wars fought in the history of the world. It began with the invasion of the United States (with minor support from the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland) on the sovereign state of Iraq which was being then ruled by Saddam Hussein. The reason given by the U.S. to justify the attack was that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and these weapons posed an urgent threat to the world community specially the U.S. But no such weapons have been found and the U.S. charges have been found baseless. The other justifications in favor of the war in Iraq include the links of Saddam Hussein with Al-Qaeda and the abuse of human rights by Saddam Hussein. The United States was successful in occupying Iraq but as time went on the condition in Iraq deteriorated with attacks by the militant groups and civil strife between the Shias and the Sunnis. Today Iraq is a vulnerable place with bomb blasts and terrorist attacks everyday day resulting in the killing of many innocent people everyday.
Now the question arises that is the war on Iraq justified? And if not then what was the main motive of the invasion of the U.S. on Iraq? U.S. said that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction but why have there no such weapons being found even after four long years of the invasion? Another reason given by the U.S. for attacking Iraq was that Saddam Hussein has violated human rights. This is a fact that Saddam Hussein has violated human rights by mass slaughtering many Shias in Iraq. But was that the true reason as to why U.S. invaded Iraq? Today in many countries such as Sudan, Ethiopia human rights are being violated but why is the U.S. not invading these nations and trying to restore democracy there? In fact the U.S. is not even to ready to send its troops there for peacekeeping mission under the United Nations. U.S. said that it wanted to liberate Iraq from the tyrannical rule of Saddam but why is that 82% of the Iraqis want the U.S. to leave Iraq immediately and 47%of them want to attack U.S.? Why is it that the invasion on Iraq by the U.S. has lead to the killing of more number of civilians than Saddam Hussein’s tyrannical rule ever killed in twenty years? These questions are hard to answer as the above justifications by the U.S. are wrong and the real motive for such cruelty something else.
The real motive of the U.S. President George W. Bush for attacking Iraq was the Oil which Iraq has been gifted with. It is not a new thing for the U.S. to attack the gulf countries for their Oil as in the same thing had happened in the First Gulf War also which was led by George W. Bush’s father, the former President of the U.S., George Bush.
Today Iraq lies in a state of anarchy. The insufficient measures taken by the U.S. for restoring peace after the war is to be blamed for it. Although lots of money has been spent in the war, lost of casualties have taken place, human rights have been violated and the people have been traumatized but the need of the hour is that thew U.S. tries torestore peace in Iraq so that people may live better lives.