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Was the second Iraq war a success? - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Did Blair/Bush have a guine reason to believe in the presence of WMD
        
        Saddam Hussain had used WMD against his own people and during the Iran/Iraq war.
        
        No WMD were found.
      - Did Iraq have to been invaded and Saddam be removed to guarantee no WMD would be created and to guarantee they wouldn't be supplied to groups like Al-Queda?
        
        If there was significant evidence that Itaq passed WMD or had the capability to do so then the US/UK/Spanish invasion can measure success in preventing development -- use the dossier to assess the possibility of Iraq possessing WMD or production capability.
    - - Did Blair/Bush believe Saddam had to be removed morally?
        
        http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1790537.stm -- George W Bush State of the Union BBC -- "Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror. The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear weapons for over a decade. This is a regime that has already used poison gas to murder thousands of its own citizens, leaving the bodies of mothers huddled over their dead children. This is a regime that agreed to international inspections, then kicked out the inspectors. This is a regime that has something to hide from the civilised world.
        States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil"
        
        Saddam Hussain had committed to wars of aggression (his invasion of Iran and Kuwait).
        
        He has used chemical weapons on the Iraqi populace --
        
        Tony Blair in a speech to parliament on Tuesday the 18th of March before the vote on the Iraq war (from the guardian transcript of the speech and episode 4 of Blair & Brown The New Labour Revolution) and says "To show that we will stand up for what we know to be right. To show that we will confront the tyrannies and dictatorships and terrorists that put our way of life at risk. To show at the moment of decision that we have the courage to do the right thing."
- - - - If yes, then removing Saddam and installing a new government would remove this chance -- This would class as a success.
        
        Need to make a judgement based on evidence.
      - If no, then the war was unnessecary and removing Saddam was a waste of lives -- This would class as a failure.
    - - No -- there was no evidence that linked Iraq and Al-queda -- This was a failure as it led to the deaths of incoenct civillians for nothing. Furthermore there is evidence that the war in Iraq helped create ISIS an offshoot of of Al-queda.
        
        The war may have made Islamic extremism worse
- - - - https://www.hrw.org/reports/1993/iraqanfal/ANFALINT.htm
      - https://docs.google.com/document/d/14sHMAb31HVvge7Ugi9p8RVJ9WyWN1UBYyrYZ3hndynE/edit -- there is clear evidence that under Saddam Hussian their was an attempt to destroy the Kurdish people.
      - https://docs.google.com/document/d/11bJcUdkh45uXnNkbnBRrtxDXihlnmj6shzdK3vSh7-U/edit -- modern day situation of the Kurds
    - - Chrisitans
        
        Post war state of christians in Iraq: https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-islamic-state-group-saddam-hussein-baghdad-iraq-296b5588995cf7be62b49619bf1a7bb6
        
        Christians in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussian -- Quotes from the AP news article and HRW report on Anfal with a few notes.
      - Shaiites
      - Jews
        
        Check Baghdad city of peace, city of blood
  - - - The insurgence/the rise of ISIS
      - What is it like in 2022?
  - - - Durring Saddam's reign
      - After the war
    - - Durring Saddam's reign
      - After the war