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¶ … Building and Nation building in Iraq -- Present and Future Perspectives
Over the course of the current United States administration's involvement in Iraq,
President Bush has paid much lip service to the importance of multilateral action and to forming an international coalition when establishing a democratic regime within the nation, after the ousting of the tyrant Saddam Hussein from power. However, the lack of international support for the Iraqi mission 'Operation Freedom' has forced the U.S. To essentially 'go it alone,' except for the moral and military support of Prime Minister Tony Blair's British forces. France, the traditional gadfly of European politics, has repeatedly condemned U.S. cowboy tactics in the Middle East. The United Nations weapon inspectors failed to find any weapons of mass destruction within Iraq. In light of terrorist activity and the resulting election results in Spain, all events point to decreased international coalition support for United States goals in Iraq, in the future.
Moreover, in terms...
The difficulty of the mission is reflected in dollar figures. The Pentagon initially outlined a plan for the rapid scaling back of the U.S. military presence in the region, reducing it to 70,000 troops by September. It now appears that at least three times that many U.S. soldiers will be kept in the region for the foreseeable future. At least 160,000 U.S. And British troops were deployed in Iraq during 2003. Another 90,000 support troops operated out of Kuwait and Qatar. (Vann, 2003) Rather than showing additional support for these troops, the UN continues to stress the tenuous reasons for United States involvement in the region.
Although the Bush administration estimates that $20 billion will be the maximum amount it will…
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