The necessity and justification for the Iraq War

¶ … war in Iraq continues to drag on, many Americans have begun to second-guess their decision to support the call to war, shortly after the attacks of 9-11. While casualties have broken the hearts of families and loved ones, it is not time to proclaim the war a mistake. There were several valid reasons for going to war and those reasons still hold true today.

The number one reason that the war in Iraq was necessary was to remove Saddam Hussein from office. For years, Hussein has acted like a loose cannon, alternately pretending to settle down, the rearing up and challenging America and other Western nations to combat (http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/30/1075340841758.html?from=storyrhs (Iraq war necessary, despite intelligence errors by Tony Parkinson January 31, 2004).

Following his arrest it was learned exactly how many atrocities he had committed against mankind and without the war there is no way to estimate how many more he would have perpetuated.

In addition, under his leadership the government entity was extremely corrupt and filled with chaos. There were growing risks of chemical and biological warfare weapons being manufactured by a man who hated America. Those weapons on the black market would have put the free world at risk.

One expert believes "the world is fast losing the battle to prevent the spread of the technologies involved in the production of weapons of mass destruction. Although Iran, Libya and Pakistan come immediately to mind, Kay estimates as many as 50 nations have either the capacity or aspiration to assemble these weapons. The global protocols to control WMD are all but moribund (http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/30/1075340841758.html?from=storyrhs (Iraq war necessary, despite intelligence errors by Tony Parkinson January 31, 2004)."

With that foundation and Saddam's regime tactics in the past in which he continued to defy United Nations resolutions there was really no choice but to invade Iraq, disarm it and remove Saddam from power.

When discussing the war in Iraq the most important thing to remember is what happened there before Saddam was taken out of office and tried. The United Nations had made many attempts to work with him to satisfy growing international concerns about his behavior and threats. He chose to ignore all requests, demands and treaties that were placed on him by the UN (Iraq war was necessary (http://media.www.dailycampus.com/media/storage/paper340/news/2003/02/03/).