Evaluating the Worthiness of the Iraq War

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Iraq War Was the Iraq war worth the fight and the lost of over thousands of american lives, or was it a waste of time, people, and resources.Well the only people that can fully understand the conflict are the veterans and politicians In order to fully understand the Iraq war individuals will have to learn about the Iraq and United states relations before the war including the cause,and the effect of the war. The relations between the United States and Iraq has been a continuous conflict for the past twenty years. From 1997-today there has been a growth of terrorism in the middle east and south africa. Muslim extremest were targeting American embassy in killings.In 1990-1991 the Saddam govrnment has invaded kuwait to take back land that …show more content…

Are treated the same why all the other american veterans from past wars. But just recently there has been mistreated american soldiers, from certain government funded facilities such as the VA place where a veteran is taken care of for medical reason. But many veterans are put on a waiting list where they are most likely to be waited for months at a time for treatment, sometimes the never get treatment. And also the payments that are given to the soldiers after combat known as penchuns. Now Veterans are fighting to keep their penchants so they can have a source of income maybe because it might be hard for someone in there shoes to find a job to support their lifestyle.
Besides the corruption in those fields There have been many new jobs created for these troops after war. The majority of these veterans now can go to college to get their degrees. In some sad and depressing cases there are some veterans that have made some bad decisions in there life after war, and they ended up becoming homeless and out of jobs. The Vets that have taken physical wounds have to adapt to a new life as because of their disabilities. But there are some groups out there that help out these wounded vets with their lives after war

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