What is a war? Is it putting an end to a problem or is it more than that? Can it be justifiable? How is victory defined? These are all questions that many Americans are increasingly asking themselves and others as the war in Iraq continues for more than two years.
September 11, 2001. The Twin Towers in New York City were attacked. In October of 2003, the Bush administration accused Saddam Hussein of having ties to Al-Qaeda and developing weapons of mass destruction. Despite the facts that the terrorists responsible for the New York City attacks were mostly from Saudi Arabia and that the United Nations' weapon inspectors could not find any evidence of WMDs in Iraq in the years since the first Gulf War, the Administration used these arguments to make a case for going to war in Iraq. Even today, as more and more critics blame President Bush and the White House for misinforming the American people, the Administration continues to use the same excuses for justifying the war.......
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