War in Iraq
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airhead777 on May 24, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Most soldiers involved in attacking Iraw were from what two countries/ | U.S. and Britain |
| What was the first main reason for the War in Iraq? | Belief that Iraq had or was developing "weapons of mass destruction" (WMD)-nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons |
| What was the second reason for the War in Iraq? | Belief that Iraq posed a threat to world peace because of its support of terrorist activities(no evidence of Iraq's direct involvement in 9/11/2001, but they have supported other terrorist activities |
| Who was captured in December? What happened to him? | Saddam Hussein, placed on trial for cruelties he had done while dictator, hanged in December |
| It was right to to go war because..? | (1) Hussein needed to be removed form power, was a cruel dictator who killed thousands of his own peopl (20,000-300,000) (2) The world and Iraq are better because Hussein no longer controls that nation (3) A Democratic govt. is being established in Iraq (voters choose own officials) |
| We thought Saddam Hussein had WMD, but.. | Although we didn't find any, perhaps he destroyed evidence of these. Even if Hussein was not developing WMD, he might have done so in the future |
| It was a mistake to go to war because...? | (1) We were wrong-Hussein didn't have WMD, we shouldn't have attacked that nation unless we were positive he had WMD (2) Though Hussein was a cruel dictator, more are in the world and the U.S. can't be the world's policeman and eliminate all of them (3) war was too expensive in lives and money |
| Iraq is NOT a better place because of the war.. | (1) People are frequently being killed by terrorist attacks. (2) It is a very unsafe place. (3) The country is in turmoil and chaos. |
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