U.S. War in Iraq No

U.S. War in Iraq

No War in Iraq

The United States should not have gone to war with and occupied Iraq. The reasons America should not have gotten involved in this armed conflict are because Iraq presented no true threat as a world power or as a terrorist country, very few oil profits were gained in this venture, and a number of moral violations were actuated by the U.S. during this epoch. The U.S. claimed that it was getting involved in the war against Iraq because it had the potency to be a global menace. Furthermore, the perception was that the war would yield more amounts of oil and profits from oil for the U.S. Neither of these premonitions would come true, while there is a significant amount of evidence that the U.S. actually violated several moral issues during this belligerent affair.

Upon the commencement of this armed affair, U.S. governmental officials and the media widely disseminated the information that Iraq had access to weapons of massive destruction that were being prepared to be used in an effort of some sort of global terrorism. Significantly, however, no such weapons were ever discovered in the premises of this country, as the following quotation implies. "Most of the official justifications for war, on grounds of security from terror and weapons of mass destruction, have been discredited" (No author 2010). These justifications were discredited because no such weapons were ever found. The falsehood of this reason indicates the U.S. should not have gone to war with this country.

Implicitly, it was widely confirmed that the war in Iraq was over oil and that the U.S. would reap the benefits of the copious quantities of oil there. However, no such benefits have been reaped. Since the United States has set up the new regime in Iraq, no U.S. companies were able to secure contracts for oil during the formal bidding process, and only two have been able to do so outside of that process. Furthermore, the prices for those contracts have been greatly less than what U.S. companies were anticipating (Meyer 2010). There have been very few oil profits from this war, which is another reason why the U.S. should not have gotten involved in it.

Moreover, the U.S. should not have gotten involved in the war in Iraq for the simple fact that the former committed several immoral acts during this armed conflict. While one of the initial reasons for U.S. involvement in this belligerence was allegedly because of torture on the part of the previous Iraqi regime headed by Saddam Hussein, the U.S. has been implicated in several allegations that are remarkably similar, as the following quotation indicates.

…new leaked military documents…reveal how allied forces turned a blind eye to torture and murder of prisoners held by the Iraqi army. Reports of appalling treatment of detainees were verified by the U.S. army and deemed unworthy of further investigation. Responsibility for disciplinary action was passed to the Iraqi units that had perpetrated the abuse. In a handful of cases, allied soldiers are directly implicated in the abuse (No author 2010).