us foreign policy for 2003 iraq war
The 2003 Iraq War started on March 19, 2003 when President Bush officially declared war, until December 15, 2011 when the U.S. officially declared an end to the Iraq War. There were two presidents who lead the nation during this war: George W. Bush and Barack Obama. These two presidents used internationalism as the United States’ foreign policy, because it was mainly the U.S. military going to war, with a little help from Great Britain. When the war started, the U.S. government stated that its intent was to remove "a regime that developed and used weapons of mass destruction that harbored and supported terrorists, committed outrageous human rights abuses, and defied the just demands of the United Nations and the world." Some of the other goals that developed overtime was to build a democratic society, gather intelligence, destroy terrorist networks, maintain security; and to lay the foundation for a sound economy in Iraq. During the Iraq war the U.S. foreign policy was that of internationalism
(world policeman) were the U.S. wanted to stop the Taliban and its takeover of
the already corrupt government. This foreign policy was also used by the U.S. for the Vietnam War, where
the U.S took a stand to stop the spread of communism and to help the warring country of Vietnam. The American politicians also predicted the "domino theory", which stated that if one nation fell to Communism, then others would follow. The foreign policy of internationalism was also shown in the Truman Doctrine in 1947, when the U.S. promised aid to Greece and Turkey, to help stop the spread of communism. The foreign policy of internationalism has been used by the United States at least 3 different times in the last 70 years, showing that it is a favorite of the U.S. government, and is relatively beneficial to our country and to others.