John Yowan Hour
1
Ms. Keeley Type
3
Freshman English
10 April 2003
Spring
Writing Assessment
I believe that the United States
should continue the war with the Iraq government. We are not going to war with
Iraq for it's oil or for the political gain of our President, George W. Bush.
We are fighting against the Iraqi government that is run by a ruthless
dictator, Saddam Hussein. We are not at war with the Iraqi citizens and we are
not trying to conquer Iraq but instead we are trying to liberate it. We are
also trying to find any weapons of mass destruction that the régime under the
rule of Saddam Hussein might be hiding.
I think that going to war in Iraq is
right and just. I believe that Iraqi citizens have been in need of liberation
for many years. Saddam, the leader of Iraq has been torturing, killing, and
repressing the people of Iraq for years. In 1988 when Saddam got angry with the
Kurdish people in northern Iraq he sent bombs that were filled with chemicals
raining down on the Kurds. These weapons were filled with chemicals such as
mustard gas, which killed thousands of innocent people. Neither children nor
adults were spared the wrath of Saddam Hussein. Saddam also tortures his own
people and enlist the help of his sons, Qusay and Uday to help carry out these
atrocities.
Another reason that we should
continue with the war in Iraq is that Saddam has four known chemical and
biological weapon sites. The first one is IBN Sana Company, the second one is
Fallujah 2, and the third one is Fallujah 3, the fourth one, Alodawrah Food and
Mouth Disease Facility that supposedly makes vaccines. The Unites States also
believes that Saddam has many mobile chemical and biological weapons factories
throughout the country.
The third reason that we should
continue the war in Iraq is in 1991 Saddam invaded Kuwait, a neighboring
country that borders Iraq to the southeast. When Saddams army invaded Kuwait
they raped and tortured many of the people and pilfered the towns. This act
proved that Iraq with Saddam in charge is a threat to its neighbors.
The final reason I believe we should
continue the war in Iraq is because on April 9th, 2003 Coalition
forces found a prison belonging to Saddams Baath Party that held children. Some
of these children were as young as five years old. The children were imprisoned
and tortured because either their parents or themselves refused to join the Baath
Party. Coalition forces released the children into the arms of their waiting
parents. There are many other reasons that we should continue with this war
that are too numerous to mention here.
In my opinion we should stay at war
with the Iraqi government until they are no longer in power. We should also
kill or capture Saddam Hussein and the ruling members of his party. After
Saddam and his henchmen are captured or killed Iraq will be liberated. The next
step that we need to take will be to install a temporary government until the
people of Iraq can have a democracy.
Once Iraq has been liberated the
citizens of Iraq will once again have enough food, water and other needed
supplies. The Iraqi citizens will no longer be killed, captured, or tortured by
Saddam. Also the people of Iraq will have more freedoms like the freedom of
speech. Before the war the Iraqi people could not speak out against their
government without the threat of death to themselves or their families. The
Iraqi people would also have freedom of the press. Under Saddams rule the
government controlled all the television and newspapers in the country. The
Iraqi television station showed Saddam in a good light all the time. It would
should things like him giving speeches, kissing children, having meetings and
so on.
Instead of protesting against the
war in Iraq I think that people should show that they support the troops. We
are there to bring peace to Iraq, no to take it away. I also believe that the
peace protesters should learn more about the atrocities that have happened in
Iraq under the rule of Saddam Hussein before they make a judgment that the war
is wrong.