September 11

Mr. Anderson

English 3 AP

April 16, 2008

End the War: NOW

The war in Iraq is one of the most controversial wars in American history. It has impacted our everyday lives and society. It seems we are fighting for no purpose. I think we’re going in circles, and not going anywhere. Yes, we’re helping Iraqi civilians, but the militias are still there, and killing our troops. We should bring back our troops and overcome any obstacles. Our resources like education, agriculture, oil prices, health care and economy are among the factors that are being affected by the war. We should stop being the “heroes” trying to fix other countries’ problems and start by fixing our problems first.

In 2003, U.S president George W. Bush and coalition supporters wanted to invade Iraq because of a presumption that Iraq was violating the 1991 agreement to not produce weapons of mass destruction. It was also assumed that Saddam Hussein had ties with al-Qaeda, but no evidence of any collaboration was found. Among those factors of invading Iraq were five military objectives. End Saddam Hussein regime, capture and drive out terrorist, obtain intelligence related to terrorist network, secure Iraq’s oil fields, and assist the Iraqi people transition to a democratic government.

Modern warfare depends on oil, because virtually all weapons systems rely on oil-based fuel for tanks, trucks, armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery pieces, airplanes, and naval ships. For this reason, the governments of powerful nations seek to ensure a steady supply of oil during wartime, to fuel oil-hungry military forces. Such governments view their companies’ global interests as synonymous with the national interest and they readily support their companies’ efforts to control new production sources, to overwhelm foreign rivals, and to gain the most favorable pipeline routes and other transportation and distribution channels.

It has been six years since the war in Iraq started. In the U.S, people are afraid of some attacks, which may come in the future from terrorist groups. The U.S. wants to control Iraq completely this time. Everyday, wherever I go, the news about war catches my ears and eyes. It is on the radio, on the net, and on television programs in the US. It means that everybody in this country really is concerned about the situation in Iraq because of American soldiers who fight in Iraq and people in Iraq. Through some news on television, Iraq is chaos now. Luckily, the US troops are superior. Wounded people are mostly terrorists because the weapons of the coalition troops are more advanced. Even though the US troops are stronger, they have also been harmed. Moreover, to have a war is not cheap.

On a daily basis this country goes deeper and deeper into debt that we will not be

out of for a long time. The war has cost the US nearly $510 billion dollars. What else

could be done with this money? Instead of using the money for war, it should be spent in

social programs, which help in the advancement of Americans. I believe this money

could have gone for a better cause, especially since we are in a time of recession.

Instead of using this money for battles and for people to die. The money should be invested to help people for their medical expenses that don’t have health insurance. There are low income families that are in desperate need of a health insurance. Many people are denied to have health insurance by their own president because we are sending our tax money to Iraq.

In addition I think the war in Iraq should end due many soldiers joining at a really young age. They are not well prepared to go to war and have not enough training. This can be a very big conflict due to many solders die everyday and do not get to live for long. I think that this is not fair. All this is due because we have to fight on a battle with no end in sight. Soldiers