Counting the Dead in Iraq. This paper chose to analyse the issue by the employment of the Just War Theory. (2006). We were not “bringing democracy” to Iraq. McMaster joins hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio to discuss his new book, his career in the U.S military and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This was no war of defense against a nation threatening us with weapons of mass destruction. The Iraq War documents leak is the disclosure to WikiLeaks of 391,832 United States Army field reports, also called the Iraq War Logs, of the Iraq War from 2004 to 2009 and published on the Internet on 22 October 2010. In a free society, we must be informed of the criminal acts carried out Simply put, the war in Iraq was the result of the imperialism of a superpower. This was no liberation of the country. The purpose of journalism is to uncover truth – especially uncomfortable truth – and to publish it for the benefit of society. It told us the truth about the US invasion and occupation of that country. Publication of the “Iraq War Diaries” showed us all the brutality of the US attack on Iraq. 2.3.4 Socio-economic Level The events of September 11 made it painfully clear that the political, social and economic problems of other countries have a direct impact on American national security. LTG (ret.) 2, pp. H.R. Within the academic world of war politics, there are heterogeneous perspectives, such as Pacifism and Realism etc. Journal of Military Ethics: Vol. Whether or not the Iraq war should be regarded as a “Just War” or just a war has been sparked a lot of academic and public debates since 2003. Was the Iraq War a Humanitarian Intervention? The files record 66,081 civilian deaths out of 109,000 recorded deaths. Publication of the "Iraq War Diaries" showed us all the brutality of the US attack on Iraq. Description: IRAQ is a highly respected, refereed academic journal devoted to studies of the history, art, archaeology, religion, economic and social life of Iraq, and to a lesser degree of neighbouring countries where they relate to it, from the earliest times down to about AD 1750. During this conflict, mortality surveys were conducted to assess the impact of the invasion and subsequent terrors. We were not “bringing democracy” to Iraq. Iraq War, also called Second Persian Gulf War, (2003–11), conflict in Iraq that consisted of two phases. In 2003, the war in Iraq attracted worldwide interest as the systematic failure of coalition and Iraqi politicians to stabilise the country , led to atrocities by the military and sectarian insurgents against innocent civilians. The first of these was a brief, conventionally fought war in March–April 2003, in which a combined force of troops from the United States and Great Britain (with smaller contingents from several other countries) invaded Iraq and rapidly defeated Iraqi military and paramilitary forces. 5, No. Publication of the “Iraq War Diaries” showed us all the brutality of the US attack on Iraq. ‘Iraq War Diaries’ at Ten Years: Truth Is Treason by Ron Paul Posted on October 27, 2020 October 26, 2020. The purpose of journalism is to uncover truth – especially uncomfortable truth – and to publish it for the benefit of society. It told us the truth about the US invasion and occupation of that country. 84-92. This was no war of defense against a nation threatening us with weapons of mass destruction. It told us the truth about the US invasion and occupation of that country. This was no liberation of the country. International Journal of Peace Studies, Volume 10, Number 2, Autumn/Winter 2005 THEORIES OF CONFLICT AND THE IRAQ WAR Daniel Lieberfeld Abstract The article examines the U.S. decision to invade Iraq from a range of analytic perspectives—realism,