what was “war in iraq” do to us? /by: romelyn van kleeck

 According to documents provided by former Treasury Secretary Paul O’ Neil, George W. Bush instructed his aides to look for a way to overthrow the Iraqi regime ten days after taking office in January 2001. A secret memo entitled “Plan for Saddam Iraq” was discussed in January and February 2001, and a Pentagon document dated March 5, 2001, and entitled “Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oil field Contracts”. The Iraq war, also known as the second Persian Gulf War. Prior to the war, The governments of United States and United Kingdom claimed that Iraq’s alledge posession of weapon of mass destruction posed in an imminent threat to their security and that of their coalition allies. United Nations weapon inspectors found no evidence of WMD. Some U. S. officials also accussed Saddam Hussein of harboring and supporting Al- Qaeda, but no evidence of any collaborative relationship was found. Other reasons of invasion stated by U.S. officials included Iraq’s financial support for the families of Palestinian suicide bombers,Iraqi government human rights abuses, and an effort on the part of the coalition forces to spread democracy in the country and regions. Some officials said Iraq’s oil reserves were a factor in the decision to invade, but other officials denied this. According to AC(associated content )news, the economic and emotional effect of the war in the home front is immense, and the full scope of it may not be clear for years to come. There is no way to put a price tag on the loss of even one soldier, and  innocent victims and the emotional trauma or prolonged separation from families cannot be calculated. In TODAY’s news, we have spent over $500 billion on Iraq war. Many commentators said that the amount of money should been put to use at home. $500 billion would fund the social security system for the next 75 years, well beyond the crisis point that the retirement of the “Baby Boomers” generation to bring, instead of jumping into catastrophe, we could averted one. Deployment of National Guard to Iraq for extended combat rotations that we see emotional and economic effects at their worst. The prolonged separation of families takes a tremendous toll. Military spouses, parents, and children are more prone to have anxiety and heart problems due to stress and worries for their love ones in combat.The number of small businesses wiped out because of their owners are overseas continue to grow and small businesses are the backbone of our economy. Police forces have dissapeared as Grand and Reservist Mp’s are sent to patrol Baghdad “safer” while crime increases at home. Psychologist ’s findings are showing that many returning soldiers are showing PTSD( Post Traumatic Syndrome), depression, and alcohol problems. According to U.S. Labor, nearly 200 times what the U.S. now spends per month on military operations in Afghanistan. A 10% total federal budget, meaning that health care, education, social security, medicare and other services and benefit that working people have earned could face cuts.

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