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23 Νοε 2024 · Iraq War, conflict in Iraq (2003–11) that consisted of two phases: a conventionally fought war in March–April 2003, in which a combined force of troops primarily from the United States and Great Britain invaded Iraq and defeated Iraqi military forces, and a second phase consisting of a U.S.-led occupation of Iraq.
Throughout the war, Americans formed non-governmental groups to support the war, to act in service of returning troops, especially wounded veterans, and to oppose the war. Even after the withdrawal of American troops, the Iraq War played a role in presidential elections.
Several essays in the collection reveal the incoherent and paradoxical assumptions behind the initial US-led invasion and occupation and the design of Iraq’s governing system. Zaid Al-Ali argues that Iraq’s transitional authorities drafted a rushed constitution without adequate public consultation.
30 Μαρ 2023 · The Iraq War destroyed America’s credibility as a promoter of democracy and liberalism in the Middle East. Revolutionary uprisings for democratic change continue to roil the Middle East, but none desire official sponsorship or support from the United States given its bloodstained legacy in Iraq.
Security school scholars argue that the main reason the Bush administration decided to invade Iraq was to safeguard the United States against the conjoined threat of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and links to terrorist groups.
Understanding the United States’ wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is essential to understanding the United States in the first decade of the new millennium and beyo...
On 20 March 2003, US and allied forces invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein's regime. The US said Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and was a threat to international peace, but most...
