The Iraq War Continues..

The Iraq War Continues...

Arguably the most contemplated and debated political issue to date is whether or not the
U.S. troops should be redeployed (withdrawn) from Iraq and when. As we approach the four year anniversary of the war on Iraq the questions still loom over whether the U.S. should have a continued presence in that country. March 20, 2003 was the official date of the invasion of Iraq by a multinational force (also known as The Coalition) which was comprised of all of the nations whose governments had military personnel in Iraq as part of a United States led war effort. It has been widely reported that over 90% of the troops that inhabited Iraq were American personnel. This infamously dubious date was the day President George W. Bush stated that the objective of the invasion was "to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein's support of terrorism, and to free the Iraq people." In the advent of the findings that disavowed the Iraqi government from having weapons of mass destruction, the implementing of a new Iraqi government, the capturing and execution of Saddam Hussein America still continues to send more troops to the country. It bodes the question what exactly is the current United States administration trying to accomplish.

The American led Coalition consisted of over 40 countries in 2003. Since then many of the countries that supported the invasion of Iraq have withdrawn. Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces on December 13, 2003. After a long tumultuous trial under the Iraqi interim government set up by U.S. led forces Hussein was sentenced to death. On November 5, 2006 he was convicted of charges related to the executions of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites suspected of planning an assassination attempt against him. He was executed on December 30, 2006 by hanging.