it has been called the most unpopular
war in America since Vietnam they died
in a Just Cause
for defending freedom and they will not
have died in vain
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning more about the Iraq war
while the war in Iraq officially began
in March 2003 it was decades in the
making after the Gulf War ended in 1991
the United Nations imposed sanctions
that prevented Iraq from building or
housing weapons of mass destruction the
United States and its allies also
pressured Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein
as leader despite these limitations Iraq
was accused of having access to a number
of destructive items including
biological weapons poison gas and more
following 9/11 President George W Bush
and his administration attempted
disarmament efforts with renewed gusto
today our fellow citizens our way of
life our very freedom came under attack
in a series of deliberate and deadly
terrorist acts meanwhile Iraq did not
fully cooperate with UN weapons
inspections by 2002 Bush warned that
Iraq would face military action should
they not allow these security checks in
October 2002 the joint resolution to
authorize the use of United States armed
forces against Iraq was approved by the
US Senate allowing Bush to legally
invade Iraq as part of his war on terror
when I say we will lead a Coalition of
the Willing to disarm him if he chooses
not to disarm I mean it the u.s. also
claimed an interest in installing a
democratic regime in Iraq however fellow
NATO members France Germany and Canada
in addition to Russia were all against
an invasion of Iraq and instead wanted
to disarm the country through diplomatic
negotiations meanwhile the US and Tony
Blair’s United Kingdom pushed ahead with
their plans on March 20th 2003 Operation
Iraqi Freedom began almost 250,000
American soldiers fought beside 45,000
British soldiers and more troops from a
variety of other nations
with this invasion the US and UK hope to
end the Hussein regime eliminate WMDs
remove radical Islamists and give
humanitarian aid wherever possible they
also hope to take control of Iraqi oil
and to install a model democratic
government on April 9th the us-led
coalition took the city of Baghdad and
this signaled the end of Saddam
Hussein’s reign a transitional
government was then put into place the
Coalition Provisional Authority stayed
in office until mid 2004 and held power
over the government of Iraq by May 2003
Bush considered the war a mission
accomplished and declared victory
despite the fact Saddam Hussein had not
yet been captured major combat
operations in Iraq have ended in the
Battle of Iraq the United States and our
allies have prevailed insurgent and
guerrilla attacks increased following
that speech and caused a number of US
military deaths efforts were then
increased to catch former government
leaders Saddam Hussein’s sons were
killed and many important people were
captured Saddam himself was finally
taken at the end of 2003 and this
signaled an improvement in conditions as
insurgent attacks briefly decreased
unfortunately by the spring of 2004 not
only did insurgency resume it also
intensified the main reason we went into
Iraq at the time was we thought he had
weapons of mass destruction it turns out
he didn’t but he had the capacity to
make weapons of missile but I also
talked about the human suffering in Iraq
violent battles like the 1st and 2nd
battles of Fallujah resulted in civilian
police and US military deaths meanwhile
support at home and abroad wane as it
was revealed that the US military was
abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib in fact
this turned out to be a defining moment
of the war fighting insurgency IEDs and
suicide bombings continued over the next
years after a general election at the
end of 2005 Iraq’s permanent government
took control in May 2006 shortly
thereafter the leader of al-qaeda in
Iraq was located and killed at the end
of 2006 amid
courts that suggested the situation in
Iraq was not progressing Saddam
Hussein’s death sentence was carried out
after he was found guilty of crimes
against humanity by 2007 the US began
employing a search strategy and deployed
more troops meanwhile allies began
withdrawing their forces the next year
things stabilized and fatalities dropped
significantly 2008 also saw the approval
of the u.s. Iraq Status of Forces
Agreement most importantly this deal met
American troops would be removed from
Iraq by the end of 2011 an exit strategy
was presented in 2009 and in October
2011 President Barack Obama pledged the
American presence would end as promised
as of January 1st and in keeping with
our strategic framework agreement with
Iraq it will be a normal relationship
between sovereign nations an equal
partnership based on mutual interests
and mutual respect
meanwhile the restrictions placed on
Iraq in the 1990s were lifted by the UN
and this gave the Iraqi government
control of the country’s oil since it
began the Iraq war cost American
taxpayers trillions of dollars and took
countless soldier and civilian lives it
ultimately became one of the longest and
most divisive battles in US history
war in America since Vietnam they died
in a Just Cause
for defending freedom and they will not
have died in vain
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning more about the Iraq war
while the war in Iraq officially began
in March 2003 it was decades in the
making after the Gulf War ended in 1991
the United Nations imposed sanctions
that prevented Iraq from building or
housing weapons of mass destruction the
United States and its allies also
pressured Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein
as leader despite these limitations Iraq
was accused of having access to a number
of destructive items including
biological weapons poison gas and more
following 9/11 President George W Bush
and his administration attempted
disarmament efforts with renewed gusto
today our fellow citizens our way of
life our very freedom came under attack
in a series of deliberate and deadly
terrorist acts meanwhile Iraq did not
fully cooperate with UN weapons
inspections by 2002 Bush warned that
Iraq would face military action should
they not allow these security checks in
October 2002 the joint resolution to
authorize the use of United States armed
forces against Iraq was approved by the
US Senate allowing Bush to legally
invade Iraq as part of his war on terror
when I say we will lead a Coalition of
the Willing to disarm him if he chooses
not to disarm I mean it the u.s. also
claimed an interest in installing a
democratic regime in Iraq however fellow
NATO members France Germany and Canada
in addition to Russia were all against
an invasion of Iraq and instead wanted
to disarm the country through diplomatic
negotiations meanwhile the US and Tony
Blair’s United Kingdom pushed ahead with
their plans on March 20th 2003 Operation
Iraqi Freedom began almost 250,000
American soldiers fought beside 45,000
British soldiers and more troops from a
variety of other nations
with this invasion the US and UK hope to
end the Hussein regime eliminate WMDs
remove radical Islamists and give
humanitarian aid wherever possible they
also hope to take control of Iraqi oil
and to install a model democratic
government on April 9th the us-led
coalition took the city of Baghdad and
this signaled the end of Saddam
Hussein’s reign a transitional
government was then put into place the
Coalition Provisional Authority stayed
in office until mid 2004 and held power
over the government of Iraq by May 2003
Bush considered the war a mission
accomplished and declared victory
despite the fact Saddam Hussein had not
yet been captured major combat
operations in Iraq have ended in the
Battle of Iraq the United States and our
allies have prevailed insurgent and
guerrilla attacks increased following
that speech and caused a number of US
military deaths efforts were then
increased to catch former government
leaders Saddam Hussein’s sons were
killed and many important people were
captured Saddam himself was finally
taken at the end of 2003 and this
signaled an improvement in conditions as
insurgent attacks briefly decreased
unfortunately by the spring of 2004 not
only did insurgency resume it also
intensified the main reason we went into
Iraq at the time was we thought he had
weapons of mass destruction it turns out
he didn’t but he had the capacity to
make weapons of missile but I also
talked about the human suffering in Iraq
violent battles like the 1st and 2nd
battles of Fallujah resulted in civilian
police and US military deaths meanwhile
support at home and abroad wane as it
was revealed that the US military was
abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib in fact
this turned out to be a defining moment
of the war fighting insurgency IEDs and
suicide bombings continued over the next
years after a general election at the
end of 2005 Iraq’s permanent government
took control in May 2006 shortly
thereafter the leader of al-qaeda in
Iraq was located and killed at the end
of 2006 amid
courts that suggested the situation in
Iraq was not progressing Saddam
Hussein’s death sentence was carried out
after he was found guilty of crimes
against humanity by 2007 the US began
employing a search strategy and deployed
more troops meanwhile allies began
withdrawing their forces the next year
things stabilized and fatalities dropped
significantly 2008 also saw the approval
of the u.s. Iraq Status of Forces
Agreement most importantly this deal met
American troops would be removed from
Iraq by the end of 2011 an exit strategy
was presented in 2009 and in October
2011 President Barack Obama pledged the
American presence would end as promised
as of January 1st and in keeping with
our strategic framework agreement with
Iraq it will be a normal relationship
between sovereign nations an equal
partnership based on mutual interests
and mutual respect
meanwhile the restrictions placed on
Iraq in the 1990s were lifted by the UN
and this gave the Iraqi government
control of the country’s oil since it
began the Iraq war cost American
taxpayers trillions of dollars and took
countless soldier and civilian lives it
ultimately became one of the longest and
most divisive battles in US history
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