Contact Admin. The rationale for the Iraq War i. The primary rationalization for the Iraq War was articulated by a joint resolution of the U. Congress known as the Iraq Resolution. In the lead-up to the invasion, the U. All fifteen members of the Security Council agreed to give Iraq a final opportunity to comply with its obligations and disarm or face the serious consequences of failing to disarm.
Accusations of faulty evidence and alleged shifting rationales became the focal point for critics of the war, who charge that the Bush Administration purposely fabricated evidence to justify an invasion that it had long planned to launch.
The United States officially declared its combat role in Iraq over on August 31, , although several thousand troops remained in the country until all American troops were withdrawn from Iraq by December ; meanwhile American troops also engaged in combat with Iraqi insurgents. In June , however, U. Between December and June , Department of Defense officials estimated that there were to personnel based at the U.
The Gulf War never fully ended because no armistice formally ended it. As a result, relations between the United States, the United Nations, and Iraq remained strained, although Saddam Hussein issued formal statements renouncing his invasion of Kuwait and made reparations payments for Kuwait.
Iraq war critics such as former weapons inspector Scott Ritter claimed that these sanctions and weapons inspections policies, supported by both the Bush and Clinton administrations, were actually intended to foster regime change in Iraq. Login Signup. Signup Login Contact Admin. Kate 28 Al Amarah. Verified profile.
