Motives for Americas Invasion of Iraq

Motives for the Statess Invasion of IraqIntroductionMany things have been said and scripted ab let on the Statess onslaught of Iraq. To date, most of what have been said is essentially reactions leveled against the accounts choose by the then the Statess administration and her allies in safeifying encroachment of Iraq. Bushs regime told the inter caseistic community that in that respect was urgent inquire to invade Iraq in order to oust ibn Talal Hussein Husseins despotic leading from power and then pave way for the entrenchment of democracy in Iraq which is a obligatory to inter interior(a) peace and security especially in this era of terrorism. regular though UN Security Councils intelligence personnel assigned the responsibility of analyze Americas claims of existence of WMDs in Iraq was not in harmony with those claims, America went front state of wards in engaging in one of the most high-ticket(prenominal) war since the end of Cold War. This essay seeks to establis h whether socio semipolitical explanations adopted by America amidst protests from the International community and the UN were underpinned by Americas interest to maintain her global stinting dominance or the announced political motive of liberating Iraqis from tyranny.War as a means of implementing foreign policyGenerally, war is a truly expensive foreign policy implementation tool which no compos mentis(predicate) nation would want to frequently use not unless its the plainly alternate(a) for her survival. All states -the powerful and the lame-U.S included tries as much as assertable to use peaceful diplomacy in implementing their foreign policies abroad and so-and-so only resort to coercive diplomacy (war) when its the only rational utility(a) for protecting its survival and interests in the International System.Analysts were therefore left dubious whether the need to oust bad leadership in Iraq was the main and veridical reason behind Americas invasion of Iraq or her ambition to maintain her self view as the global economic giant was more important. To be sure, there is no economic, political, or social explanation that can on its possess fully and convincingly explain Americas invasion of Iraq.The economic perspective of the invasionPursuit of economic progress and dominance abroad is one of the major(ip) goals of any nation-states foreign policies. Paul Cerni Mphil (2006) states that what every nation and empire aspires to is to education their own economy where necessary America is no exception in the sense that her determination to maintain her global economic position stands out as one of the main determinants of her foreign policies. Indeed, her ambition to position her self as the global economic giant has been pointed out by scholars and international political analysts as the main driving force behind form 2003 invasion of Iraq.Categorically, Marxists owing to the colossal amount of money spent on this war dont cite any other moti ve behind the invasion of Iraq by America in alliance with Britain among others. For them any other non economic explanations adopted by America in justifying her actions was mere(prenominal) political deceit aimed at misleading the international community from opposing invasion of Iraq. Paula Cerni Mphil (2006) erst more fence ins that The US invasion of Iraq, advertised as a impellent attack on global terror and tyranny, was supposed(p) to mark the boot out of a stronger and more assertive American imperialism.Critics dont understand why if Americas proclaimed goal of ousting bad leadership in Iraq was the main docket she didnt hesitate from invading Iraq even after UN Security Council failed to produce inference for the existence of WMDs in Iraq. They reject Americas claims of the need to tyranny in Iraq since the UN is supposed to maintaining international security and peace by urging countries to institute profound frameworks that can prevent people with bad ideas lik e which are a threat to democratic existence from taking over power.Therefore, these critics argue that the need to create an enabling environment in Iraq for purposes of exploiting her rich oil mines was the thorough interest in this invasion. Oil as a source of animation for her industries is one of the highly demanded raw material by American capitalists and imperialists who could not feel any pain in funding such an expensive foreign policy endeavor.America was thus determined to oust Saddam Hussein from power not for purposes achieving a democratic leadership in Iraq but so that they could put in place a cock leadership which they could easily manipulate in order to satisfy their egocentric economic interests. To these critics therefore, America was essentially on a mission to chastise a prestigious economic territory and wrongly assumed that the weak Iraq would accept her proclaimed goal of eradicating bad leadership from power.A diddle critique of the economic argument for the invasionNote that Marxists are know for their tendency to over emphasize the economic aspects of a abandoned authoritative life phenomenon like invasion of Iraq by America. However, an impartial analyst should aspect at all factors in play and try as swill as possible to put behind each factor an violence that is not exaggerated. That is, in as much as economic interests were elemental in this invasion and are usually in any given foreign policy other interests like her national security, survival, peace, and need to broadcast her ideologies can at times be more important than mere pursuit of economic wealth and dominanceIt is therefore legitimate to argue that in as much as much as America wanted to exploit Iraqs oil other interests such as her national security and survival in the international administration played a significant role. Its for represent arguable that in this case American political elites felt that Saddam Husseins regime was a threat to her a nati onal security and survival by virtue of the fact that it could provide an operational base for international terrorists. There was need therefore to invade Iraq in order to bring to an end bad leadership and thus testify in a new democratic leadership that would not only guarantee Iraqis their peace and human rights but also enable America safeguard her national security and survival against the threat of terrorist attacks from Iraq. Comments posted on geocities.com states that for a considerable period of time US administration proceed to consider removing Husseins regime from power and following the September 11, 2001 terrorist destruction of the origination Trade Center Twin Towers in New York, they decided that they had ample excuse to do so.This argument is anchored on the premise that Iraq has been and is still a hub of dangerous terrorist and rebel groups including the dreaded Al Qaeda terror group. To slightly extent therefore, Americas national security and survival i n the international system proclaimed by Bush regime was as important as positioning herself as a global economic giant. It is therefore raw and even unscholarly to give the Iraq invasion an absolute economic explanation thereby under looking other factors. However, primacy of Americas economic ambitions in this invasion should be given its devotion accordingly especially due to her unsatiated thirst for oil which is plenty in Iraq.ConclusionIn conclusion, just like it was pointed out earlier there is no one situation factor (economic, social or political) that can explain Americas invasion of Iraq without face up the dangers of lacking impartiality. An impartial analyst should therefore carefully put into consideration all factors in play without over emphasizing some at the expense of others. Time and history therefore remains to prove us wrong or right with regards to our opinions pertaining this invasion. Advocates of international peace and security would for instance like to see how successful America will be in establishing peace and stability and rebuilding the collapsed Iraq nation. And also understand why some(prenominal) years after Saddam Hussein was hanged for his despotic leadership, bad leadership is persistent in most Asian countries and no WMDs have been cured from Iraq.ReferencesMphil, Paula Cerni. 2006. Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century. Theory and Science.theoryand sciecce.icaap.org (retrieved on August 20, 2009.).Iraq War www.geocities.com/ daverclark/iraq war.html (retrieved on August 20, 2009.).