The Effects of the American Military in Iraq war

The Effects of the American Military in Iraq war

The Iran Iraq war was a massive war that spanned over 30 years. Fought between two hostile religious groups, the Sunni and the Shiite, this war had a history of development that had started in the very beginnings of Muslim religion. While this war has an incredibly complex and interesting history, it is also important to understand the effects that this war has had on the countries it was fought in.

The main issue behind this war is the humanitarian aspect, meaning how the civilians in Iraq are treated. After American Intervention in Iraq, the civilian life has reached levels of poverty parallel to “some of the World’s most urgent catastrophes” (Global Policy). Just in 2011, one third of the nation lived in poverty. And while the American invasions were not the sole contribution to the massive destruction and social breakdown in Iraq, the bombing of key cities worsened sectarian issues and led to violence even inter-communally. This impact has led to over 1.9 million Iraqi civilians displaced, and over 2.2 million refugees fleeing to other countries, again, just in 2011. This is a huge amount of people affected by the terrible Iraq-Iran war, and this number doesn’t even take into account the amount of people killed due to bombing of many major cities, as well as from death squads of invading forces. Overall, this war has been incredibly costly to the middle East.

Another crucial effect the American intervention has had for the Iraqi is the political consequences that US policy has created. Rather than pursuing a path to creating a unified Iraq capable of future negotiations and reparation. As Iraq is currently divided between the Sunni, the Shiite, and the Kurds, there is very little chance of reconciliation between these three warring peoples. However, the United States, rather than trying to help these three find peace with each other, pursued the path of backing one religion and being able to force the other two to bend at the knee. This, very clearly, did not work, and has led to the massive destruction and small possibility, at least currently, for cooperation.

The reason for this blog is not to put the American military or American military tactics down. Rather, it is important to understand the consequence of war, especially modern ones with massively dangerous weapons.

Lots of Credit to this website which is pretty awesome: https://www.globalpolicy.org/humanitarian-issues-in-iraq/consequences-of-the-war-and-occupation-of-iraq/35726.html