War in Iraq: The Whole History.

Since the war began there is something on the news everyday about the death of a soldier or the rescue of a civilian. On March 19, 2003 President Bush declared war on Iraq. Since this day on our country has never been the same. We always worry what will happen next and worry about our family. After being at war for almost a month the Saddam Statue was pulled down on April 9, 2003. This was to show that he was no longer in power, what he had done to our country was not right, and that we would fight for our freedom no matter the cost. On May 1, 2003 President Bush stated that our mission was accomplished and we had achieved what we went to war for, but did we really? We are still at war today even though he told us we had finished what we were there for in 2003. Two months later Saddam's sons were killed in a raid. Though they were not the people we were looking for it did bring us closer to him, with his loss and devastation. At the end of 2003 we finally caught who we had been looking for. On December 14, 2003 we caught Saddam.

In 2004 the only thing that happened were many car bombings, more deaths of soldiers, and videos and pictures released of people who had been captured and killed. The year 2005 was close to 2004. More car bombings, deaths, and pictures, but this time we lost money. The CPA lost $9 billion dollars in war funds. How do you lose so much money? How can you not keep track of it? With careless things such as this America felt betrayed, people felt that they stole the money and were keeping it for themselves. America lost confidence in many people, causing debates among many.

Then in November 2006 Saddam was sentenced to death by hanging, and the war had the deadliest attack to that date, where 114 people were lost in one day. Months later in December, Saddam was hung. This caused relief to many people, though it is not always the best way to cause death to a person, people were relieved to know that their country would be a little bit safer and they would not have to hide and worry any more. With every year passing, we still stay at war and every year has the deadliest attack. Though President Obama has promised to withdraw the soldiers, can we really do such a thing? We have been there for so long that it would be hard to just walk away. Though these are not all of the events because there are so many I would have to write for days to put them all on here, everyone should understand the point of all of these. Every year gets harder and harder, more deaths occur, and new problems emerge.

Do you think with all the events that have happened that we made the right choice getting into this war?