War in Iraq Essay -- Operation Iraqi Freedom

The state of war against Iraq began on March 20, 2002, when the U.S lunched Operation Iraqi Freedom. This was after President Bush called Iraq part of an axis of evil, also calling the country dangerous which is threatening U.S with the worlds most destructive weapons. The major phase of the war began when U.S troops marched within 50 miles of capital of Iraq with heavy aerial attacks on Baghdad and other cities. After the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon which was believed to be the work of Al Qaeda, U.S was concerned about the hostage of the Untied States which lead to the war in Iraq. Even though U.S officials felt the war in Iraq is the main priority, but some people in U.S opposes the war which brings up a lot of controversial issues. Some people feel that lives of troops atomic number 18 put on risk for unnecessary reason, and people are also concerned about the innocent civilians getting killed in Iraq. Also billions of tax payers dollars are spent on the war w hich could be used for other major issues within our country such as poverty, education and security. I feel that declaring war with Iraq was unnecessary and that there are many other ways to resolve this conflict.As the war progressed many people were questioning President Bushs decision to declare war in Iraq because U.S intelligence believes Iraq has weapons of mass distraction, I never agreed with the decision, and I always felt that the money and the effort should be used to catch Osama Bin Laden, who was the man, ...