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Thread: US Involvement in Iraq: A Scaled Assessment (poll)

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    Default US Involvement in Iraq: A Scaled Assessment (poll)

    The following 4 summary perspectives should be used to answer the attached poll.

    Summary #1: The US invasion of Iraq is part of the overall effort to combat extra-national terrorism. Regime change was necessary for the long-term safety of everyone and the development of a democratic state in the Arab world will have powerful long-term benefits. Though there are some aspects that should have been better planned/enacted, the overall effort has been worthwhile.

    Summary #2: The US effort in Iraq, though connected to the war on terror, was not the most effective avenue for US military effort. While there will be positive results, and the removal of Saddam will be of value to the Iraqis, the linkage of this conflict to the overall war on terror has not been as clearly established as it should have been and portions of the effort have been ill-thought and minimally effective.

    Summary #3: US efforts against the Saddam regime in Iraq, though technically correct under a strict reading of UN agreements with Iraq and resolutions passed by the UN, were poorly thought out as to long term consequences and effected despite the opposition of most UN members. A democratic Iraq would be a good result, but it is far to likely too splinter into separate enclaves and end in bloody civil war – regardless of what the US hopes.

    Summary #4: US efforts against Saddam were an administration goal well prior to the terror attacks of 9-11-2001. The war on terror was simply an excuse for the US to smash a regime it disliked and to project US power into the Middle East. No consistent explanation of US efforts has been made because the only consistent explanation – a power grab – wouldn’t sell to the American electorate. If anything, the Iraq conflict has sidelined the “war on terror” or even made it worse. Any efforts after Afghanistan that the US has been involved in are largely – or totally – unjustified.
    Last edited by Seamus Fermanagh; 11-15-2005 at 02:21.
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