war in iraq?

Question

how did the war in iraq start what did the americans or the iraqs do to start this war

Answer 1

the real beginings go back to the first gulf war in the early 90's

Iraq, under Saddam Hussain, invaded a US Ally, Kuwait.
Iraq was kicked out of Kuwait by the US in Gulf War 1, but Saddam remained in power and continued to rule as a dictator, guilty of many horrible acts including genocide against his own people (the Kurds in northern Iraq).

After 9-11, the US foreign policy changed dramatically to one that would activley seek out threats instead of wait for a threat to attack us or one of our allies.

Since Iraq under Saddam had shown itself capable of unprovoked aggression before, it was clearly under the microscope of the US following 9-11. When they continued to mantain a policy of secrecy and hostility towards the international community, the stage was set for the second war.

To answer your question directly, the US changed its foreign policy after 9-11 from a wait and respond to clear threats policy to an agressivley pursue potential threats policy. For Iraq, it was less about what they did (although refusing to be open and honest with the international community didn't help) and more about what they were. Iraq was led by a brutal and agressive dictator who's hatred of the US and crimes against minority groups in his own country were well documented. While most people there were and are still good people, Iraq remains a place open to extreamism and violence due to the policies of the Saddam era and the influence from outside states such as Iran.

This is the battle that is going on now. The US is trying to ensure a stale government ruled by elected leaders with civil rights and fair treatment of women and minorities in Iraq. Extream elements in Iraq, supported by Iran and others are trying to prevent this from happening, as they see a stable Iraq which is allied to the US as a threat to their own countries.

Answer 2

Iraq continued to sponsor terrorism and tell the the UN f.. off with any resolution they made to attempt to influence its leaders to be a productive part of the international community. Before the Iraq could produce Nukes and become more of a threat to the a violent region USA and its allies kicked its ***.. the mistake was made when instead of allowing the international community to come in and assist in stabilizing and rebuilding we gave these contracts exclusively to American companies. If we had open the door for the international community to help.. all would have a stake in the regions future and would not say we suck for invading... Why not Iran then too, Iran doesn't have as much influence as Iraq in the middle east which is mostly Arabic.. Iranians are of Persian ethnicity and dint have as much influence over the Arab people and nations although the are Islamic. the same long hatred that splits Iraq exist between Arabs and Persians

Answer 3

OK, here is the story..
Saddam Hussein rose to power through bloodshed in the late 70s. He, along with the Ba'ath party he joined, ousted the royal monarchy in Iraq and instilled a Republic. During the 80s, he received a lot of support from the United States in wars against Iran, but then later Saddam tried to annex Kuwait, a small country rich in oil, using many dirty tactics such as chemical weapons on them. That would give him control over 20% of arab oil. He also started a genocide against the Kurds, an ethnic group inside Iraq, using chemical weapons on them too, and his republic quickly became more of a dictatorship, as his word was the only word that was heard. The US lead a United Nations invasion in 1990, destroying most of Iraq's power and seizing most of the supplies we gave them to fight Iran. We stoped before invading Baghdad (the Capital of Iraq) because we knew it could cause instability in the entire middle east as Iraq kept Iran and Syria in check, and it would cost the US a lot of time and money to occupy Iraq untill it was stable again.
For the next 10 years we embargo'd Iraq and encuraged rebellions against Saddam, but not much really happened.
In 2003, The United States led an invasion to oust Saddam once and for all, and the Bush administration unsuccessfully tried to link him to the september 11th terrorist attack on New York, stating that Saddam is part of an "Axis of Evil" with Iran and North Korea who supported global terrorism.
In April of 2003, we found Saddam, put him in the hands of the Government we instilled in Iraq, and he was tried as a war criminal and hanged by the Iraqi people.

Answer 4

It was a preemptive strike by the U.S. govt responding to intelligence that claimed Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi government possessed and were actively pursuing additional weapons of mass destruction that would pose an immediate and grave danger to the United States. That was the "official" reason given by the U.S. govt for the initial attack. As it turns out, the intelligence was faulty and the supposed stockpiles of wmd have yet to be found. There is much controversy surrounding the "official" reason behind attacking Iraq. Many people believe that the U.S. govt wanted more control over oil supplies in the middle east so they intentionally played on the fears and anger of the American people, caused by the events of 9-11, by stating that Iraq was in position to attack our homeland with the use of these, yet to be found, wmd. Of course there is a lengthy history between the two nations and that should also be examined when researching the totality of the situation but the official reason given by the U.S. govt for the initial attack of this current war is stated in the first sentence of this paragraph.

Answer 5

Revisit the Gulf War and follow it forward. After Iraq was defeated and agreed to all the conditions imposed upon them after the Gulf War, they immediately set about breaking all those conditions. After the US went to the UN repeatedly and 17 sanctions were passed against Iraq, they continued to ignore the sanctions and the terms of their surrender. They followed this by kicking the UN inspectors out of Iraq, then firing on US war Planes in the no fly zone. They they thumbed their nose at the continued warnings from the US. After that, they were issued an ultimatum from the US which they also ignored. Then the US attacked.

Answer 6

British, German, and American Intelligence experts were fooled into believing Saddam was stockpiling chemical weapons. The primary source who convinced some of the best experts in chemical warfare was a Iraqi spy nicknamed " Curveball." He had pictures to prove it, he said.

We now know he was blowing hot air... UN inspectors overturned every rock in Iraq and found no weapons of mass destruction. Intelligence experts still believed there was WMD.

Truly, if it had not been for " Curveball", the invasion may not have happened.

Answer 7

has not been a war since 2003,it is a peace keeping mission since and is about over

Answer 8

The war in Iraq started with a bunch of lies from the Bush administration then Bush himself made a public announcement that the UN weapons inspectors had better get out of Iraq because he was going to start a bombing campaign in 48 hours.

Answer 9

Iraqi's presented theirselves as a weak target to Bush
so
he diverted the attention of 9-11 to Iraq

Answer 10

G.W. Bush thinks that the US needs to take care of the little countries and sent our soldiers to die for their country. We never had to be over there.