Should_We_Be_In_Iraq

Should We Be In Iraq Is the War in Iraq Justified' I. Introduction One of the most controversial issues for Americans today is whether our nation's actions in Iraq and the Middle East are justified. In this speech I will show if Iraq is a military power that poses a threat to our national security and its neighbors in the Middle East. Furthermore if this war in Iraq is constitutional. What are some of the costs of the war financially and including the lives of the Americans that are involved in this conflict' Are our President’s motives pure and do they reflect the thoughts and ideas of the American public. Thesis Statement: Evidence shows that our involvement in Iraq is unconstitutional, unjustifiable, and costly to American citizens. II. Iraq is a greatly diminished military power, and poses little threat to even its neighbors. A. In the 1991 Gulf War, Iraq was able to field only a “Third World Military” that quickly crumbled before the US’s technology and power, notes Owen Cote Jr., associate director of security studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in the Boston Globe (January 12, 2003) B. Since that conflict the Iraqi military has done nothing except decline in size and degrade its capability. C. In 1990 Iraq had iraq, war, weapons, military, american, president, power, been, americans, security, public, poses, nations, iraqi, furthermore, economy, congress, bush, unconstitutional, threat, technology, tanks, since, shows, posses, people, nuclear, neighbors, nation, middle, men, mass, life, january, involvement, forces