In class, we were discussing if the Afghanistan and the Iraq wars were wars of choice.
Alone, I think that the Afghanistan war is a war of choice because the Bush Administration planned to invade there even before September 11 happened. It has also been evident that the US would have gone into Afghanistan even if September 11 never happened. What did they want to do once they were in there? I think one of the motives was how rich in oil that territory is. Also, they have, or still had, a very strong government called the Taliban. So I do think that the Afghanistan War is a war of choice.
I think that the Iraq War is also a War of Choice. In a speech given by US Senator Robert Byrd on March 19, 2003, he states that "We cannot convince the world of the necessity of this war for one simple reason. This is a war of choice." It is inevitable in the world today to know that we are in the midst of a war. The war is a war of choice because the US government could have made the decision to not fight back after September 11, and we would have never invaded Iraq.
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i agree with that the war in Iraq is defiantly a war of choice. the government was knew that the chances of weapons of mass destruction minimal and yet still went. I believe that this was just a excuse to take out Saddam Hussein.They chose to go the gain a "colony" by replacing a old government for a new one in favor of the US.
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