THE WAR IN IRAQ:HOW DID WE GET THERE?Team A: “The Pirates”

Abdul Smith

Andrea Jones

David Gowdy

Felycia Richardson

THE SLIPPERY SLOPE

While the war on terror is necessary to protect our country from future terrorist attacks, the President misled Congress, citizens of the United States, and the entire WORLD to justify the use military forces in Iraq.

AGENDA

The September 11th attack on America

President Bush’s Justification for war

CIA’s official report on the weapons of mass destruction

The flow of oil from the middle east and its relationship to the war

THE DAY THAT SHOOK AMERICA

President Bush vowed to hunt down and punish those responsible

On September 11th, the U.S. was the victim of a terrorist attack.

THE FOCUS SHIFTS TO IRAQ

The September 11th attack was used as a springboard into the justification of the war.

President Bush claims to know that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction

October 7, 2002, President Bush gave a speech outlining the Iraqi threat

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION:

TRUE OR NOT TRUE?• April 25, 2005, the CIA’s top weapons inspector

in Iraq said the hunt for weapons of mass destruction has found nothing.

• The report states that while they do not have proof of WMD, Iraq “probably” has various dangerous weapons including chemical ammunitions.

• The report states that Iraq could potentially set up remote facilities to avoid detection or upgrade current facilities to produce the components necessary for the production of nerve agents

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SUMMARY

• The purpose of the War in Iraq is to remove a potential threat to the United States and to secure the flow of foreign oil.

REFERENCES

The Associated Press, (2008). CIA’s final report: No WMD found in Iraq. Retrieved September 5, 2008, from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7634313/

Defense Intelligence Agency (2002), Iraq - Key WMD Facilities - An Operational Support Study. Retrieved September 5, 2008 from http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB80/wmd12.pdf

Bush G.W, (2002). President Bush Outlines Iraqi Threat. The White House. Retrieved September 6, 2008, from http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021007-8.html

Socrates.berkeley.edu, (2003). BUSH'S DEEP REASONS FOR WAR ON IRAQ: OIL, PETRODOLLARS, AND THE OPEC EURO QUESTION. Retrieved September 6, 2008, from http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~pdscott/iraq.html