Invasion Of Iraq

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This analysis seeks to touch on some basic aspects of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq in 2003 that contributed to the creation of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and how our lack of knowledge of the actual political landscape led the U.S. military to implement procedures that divided the country and created a political vacuum that encouraged the growth of Zarqawism and radical jihadi notions among the disenfranchised Iraqis. The purpose of this analysis is to shed light on the internal struggles that were gripping the country before 9/11 and the Invasion, and to view the current rise of radical Islam from a concise perspective that follows a certain chain of events and is based on a theory that factors in much more aspects and sides of the situation compared to many oversimplifications that are believed and used today. …show more content…

The Baathi secularism was no longer taking hold in the controlled way he wanted, so he decided to run a new campaign as a way to secure the support from the majority Sunni population, called the Faith Campaign. From observing the Faith Campaign we can understand how Iraq and the political structure operated at the time in its most authentic form. Saddam presented the Faith Campaign as a pious movement leading the country towards God and away from sin and uniting Iraq as Sunni Muslims under their Muslim faith. But, in actuality, it was an inherently sloppy and corrupt plan that mostly consisted of Saddam buying loyalist elites with either expensive cars or sponsoring their Hajj to Mecca or investing in their real estate. This was all sponsored by Izzat Al-Douri, the head of the gray market in Iraq, designed to avoid UN sanctions and upset the balance of power from the

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