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Policy Paper On Iraq

Policy Paper on Iraq

The United States government should immediately issue an apology to the people of Iraq and the families of the Coalition personnel that have passed as a result of this unjust war. The next president of the United States must make withdraw of all military personnel from Iraq in a timely manner their number one priority. The United States government has invaded another country under false pretenses and can not now claim the morale high ground by insisting it stays there until it has corrected its mistake. This modern day colonization should not be allowed to continue behind the mask of democracy and national security.

The withdraw of the military should coincide with some sort of humanitarian relief that should provide the people of Iraq with infrastructure upon which they can build their own nation. The United States must not interfere with the politics of Iraq during the process of providing humanitarian relief. The United States government needs to realize that its current and past policies toward Iraq have been the primary reasons for the environment in Iraq today.

While the current administration acknowledges that there are no mass weapons of destruction in Iraq they have not yet offered an apology for their unprovoked attack on the country. In fact a majority of the actions taken by the Bush administration imply that the reason for the attack was Iraq’s oil. Security by the conquering forces was only provided to the oil ministry and other oil sight immediately after the invasion, while several other sights were being robbed by lawless mobs. These mobs and other groups would evolve into the militia groups that are currently fighting today. This lack of planning and security is what most people believe to be the cause of the violence that is occurring in Iraq today.

The policies of the United States towards Iraq have caused nothing but pain and hardship for the citizens of the country. Besides the removal of Saddam Hussein a man...