Contemporary+Event

**__United States Invades Iraq__**
An event from today that can be well criticized by //Huckleberry Finn// would be the Iraq Invasion led by President Bush called, “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” The United States invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003 to “help” not only the Iraqis but all countries from future terrorist attacks. Bush claims that if the US led-coalition had not chosen to invade Iraq it would've been giving Hussein more power because he was building illegal missiles and building weapons of mass destruction. According to Bush we were to do nothing but help the people of Iraq, going to war would have never affected them for worse if anything it would be beneficial to the population of Iraq.

//“...__America also accepts our responsibility to protect innocent lives in every way possible. We'll bring food and medicine to the Iraqi people.__ We'll help that nation to build a just government, after decades of brutal dictatorship. The form and leadership of that government is for the Iraqi people to choose. __Anything they choose will be better then the misery and torture and murder they have known under Saddam Hussein__.”// (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030306-8.html)

According to George W. Bush the United States was invading Iraq for no reason but to help the people of hat nation. Almost four years after March 2003 Iraq has had none of that. To the disappointment of many there have been no weapons of mass destruction found or any of the other dangerous things that Bush claimed were the big reason why we were going to invade Iraq.

This reflects the hypocrisy of moral and intellectual teachings in our society because Bush claimed that we would invade Iraq to help the people obtain a better government as well as a healthier and more stable place to live. Nothing better has been brought to the Iraqis, yes, Saddam Hussein was removed from his tyrannical rule but now the poor common people of that country are suffering. “Since October 10, 2006 there have been 647 contractor deaths,” meaning that civilians and security from different nationalities have died. (wikipedia) Bush eventually led us into a war which is hurting everyone and endanger the lives of many. He is a hypocrite when he says that what we are doing is for the benefit of everyone, because if it was truly for the benefit of the United States and Iraq then the war would be over. So many people have died from both countries, Iraqis are forced to live with fear everyday and are still being oppressed. Millions of families are victims of poverty and not to mention the tons of murders that are committed between Iraqis.

Bush took the US into an invasion that should have been long over, maybe should've never even happened and today he is asking for more troops to be sent over to fight. My question is: ho many people will have to die until he realizes that it is over? Bush needs to see that like Miss Watson, who claims to be such a great and trustworthy person, she leads Huck into thinking that he is better than African-Americans, Bush is leading “his” country to more problems, causing the public to worry about cumbersome and unnecessary situations that should have been long over.

Facts from Wikipedia:
 * There is an estimated 30,000 Iraqi causalities since April 2003
 * October 2003 an estimated 4,895 to 6,370 Iraqi military deaths
 * 100,000 “excess” Iraqi deaths from all causes had occurred since the US invasion began

For more statistics on death rates visit : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_conflict_in_Iraq_since_2003#_note-washtimes8711r