President Bush justifies the Iraq war by presenting intelligence to the United Nations that Iraq
- posses WMD weapons of mass destruction
- history in supporting terrorist acts
- Iraq is a risk to national security
the United Nations creates
- resolution 720
- Imposes Sanctions
- Weapons Inspection of Iraq Facilities
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United Nation cheif weapons inspector Hans Blitz releases statement that WMD were not found through inspections of Iraq facilities.
President Bush Addresses Nation
- Risk of inaction poses treat to national security
- New Foreign Policy
Preemptive War Strategies
- justifies war in defending Human rights
*CHARTER is clear under circumstances which force may be used
*evidence introduced is circumstantial
*introduces Just War clause
states that if the US and Allies were to use force it would violate the charter
President Bush demands for United Nations to enforce Sanctions and Believes war is Justified
Pope John Paul II
speaks to the Vatican
- War is never just another means that one can choose to settle differences
*sites Just War teachings of Saint Augustine and Saint Aquines
- War is always the Last Resort
Just War Traditons
- the proper government authority must declare it
- must be a right intention &
- war is aimed at repelling aggression &
stopping massive human rights abuses
- Damaged inflicted held to a minimum &
innocent civilians never targeted
- WAR MUST BE THE LAST RESORT
A year after the invasion of Iraq Congress Releases
Iraq on the Record stating the intelligence presented to America by the Administration was Misleading.
"Iraq on the record consist of"
- 40 speeches 26 press conferences & Briefings
- 53 interviews & 4 written statements
- 2 congressional testimonies
- timing of statements made by the Administration
- to justify war 76 misleading statements were made after the war
- Most misleading statements were made before the congressional vote on the Iraq resolution
Topics of misleading statements
"Uregent threat of Iraq posed to the US"
"Nuclear activities"
"Iraq Chemical and Biological weapons"
"Iraq ties to al Qaeda"
HOUSE BUDGET COMMITEE release estimated Cost of War**
Representive John Spratt(D-SC)Ranking member
as to date Scenario
10 years reconstruction $309 billion
worst case
$418 billion
does not include benefits paid out to veterans of the war
Is the war in Iraq Justified and does it follow international law?
Comments (4)
Bobby Boyd said
at 11:00 am on May 1, 2006
Hi Shad! Huge topic right now! Here is my critique: Define why we are at war in the beginning. Maybe add some discriptions of the pics that you have incorporated. Fix mis-spellings..."Uregent". Some bullets are not working in places and I would add some line-breaks to seperate ideas/info. Maybe make the ending feel more like an ending...A good quote that you feel sums up your feelings would be fantastic. Have a good summer!!
Cindy said
at 6:31 pm on May 1, 2006
Hi Shad,
I thought your Wiki was really good. Bobby had some good comments. Because I am pretty familiar with your topic, I have a few questions for you. On your page, you have "war is aimed at repelling aggression & stopping massive human rights abuses". I was just wondering if Saddam's killing 1/4 of a million of his own people in order to keep them under control, oppressed and/or because they didn't agree with him would constitute as aggression and massive human rights abuses? Also, if the majority of the civilians in Iraq are glad we are there and are glad that we took Saddam out of power and if Iraq is now our ally, would that still mean that we went to war with Iraq? or would that mean that we went to war with the terrorists that were in Iraq and we have now set them free? Your page was a very interesting read though and I thought that you made some really good points. I thought the pictures really brought your page to life. Good job!
brian said
at 5:10 pm on May 3, 2006
You bring out a lot of good facts that would justify those who accuse bush of having false intentions for invading Iraq. Lots of interesting figures with the various accusations. We did what we had to do over there to get Saddam out of power. The man was a tyrant and his two sons were even worse than he was. I still support the war, and I was there.
Sheila Larche said
at 9:21 pm on May 3, 2006
I'd have to say your presentation is good, well organized, and comprehensive. Good job at organizing your thoughts and putting this together. I was surprised how much information you included, maybe a little too much. Good job though, the war is a difficult issue.
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