How Did George Bush Decided To Invade Iraq

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There were many cases when the United States invaded other countries, most of the times the US military defeated the enemy, however, there were invasions that were unsuccessful and even affected the economic situation in the United States. There can be various reasons for the invasion. In order for a president to make a decision on invasion of other countries, he should have reasonable and accurate assumptions; otherwise, it will become a case when the invasion ends up being a disaster. For example, when the president of the United States, George W. Bush, decided to invade Iraq in 2003, he needed good reasons for this action; but as it turned out reasons were not enough for the victory. American invasion of Iraq in March 2003, instead of the …show more content…
At the beginning George Bush thought that Iraq and Saddam Hussein were not involved in what happened, he said that that the terrorist group al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, was responsible for it. US Administration insisted that the Iraq was responsible and involved in the terrorist attack. However, in the fall of 2001, President George. W. Bush. decided to limit the invasion only in Afghanistan, which began in October. It seems psychologically it was difficult for him to move away from the policy of his father, who, as has been said, refused the invasion of Baghdad. (Stoissinger 327). By early 2002, the president realized that the regime of Saddam Hussein poses a real threat to the US and he must remove him from the presidency. Saddam Hussein was considered as an ‘axis of evil’. “Not surprisingly, the "evil axis" speech triggered immediate responses by the three targeted dictators. They were evil, but not stupid. In April 2002, Saddam Hussein announced an increase in the amount offered to the families of martyred Palestinian suicide bombers from $10,000 to $25,000. He was careful not to offer such bounties to al-Qaida terrorists so as to not provoke the United States into a preventive attack” (Stoissinger
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