After taking an in-depth look at the situation in Iraq, I find myself with deep moral and political objection to the war. Through this, I found that President George W. Bush is able to justify the war through simple speech emphasizing patriotism, freedom, and liberation, without really addressing issues. By using these techniques Bush was successful in bringing America to war on such faulty grounds as Iraq's link to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
             With fears of 9/11 still embedded in most American mind, President Bush and his administration began the "war on terror". Only four months later, planning for the Iraq invasion commenced. But, the George W. Bush could not do it alone. He called upon the United States allies for support. Britain, Spain, and Poland would join the United States in its pursuit for a democratic Iraq. " The message from the British in essence was: If you are really thinking about war and you want us to be a player, we cannot be unless you go to the United Nations. Powell also favored a U.N. resolution, and he knew this would add to the pressure on Bush, who absolutely had to have Blair on board." Washington Post (a14). After numerous hearings before the U.N., Iraqi weapon inspections, and an uncooperative Saddam Hussein, Bush acted without the U.N.'s complete approval and invaded Iraq in March 2003.
             To justify this move, Bush and his administration would make the indisputable claim that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. On the eve of the war, Vice President Cheney would go, as far to say, "we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons." Several months after the fact of war, we find no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and mounting evidence that the initial weapons of mass destruction evidence was boasted by vice president Cheney and director of the CIA, George Tenet. In December of 2000 the CIA produced a formal National Intelligence Esti...