FREE ESSAY ON SHOULD WE BOMB IRAQ

SHOULD WE BOMB IRAQ

Glen Gemeniano
COM 100
Rebuttal (Persuasive speech)
Topic - The use of United States militray action against Iraq.(con)(rebuttal)
Main pupose- To pursuade my audience that Military action against Iraq is neccesary to
maintain international stablity.
Specific Purpose - To pursuade my audience that bombing Iraq would send a strong message
to terrorist nations to stop their activities.
Introduction
Use the movie Seige as an example to illustrate the possiblities of terrrorist activities
in the future. Tell how the movie portrayed Arabs. Show similarities between the movie
and real life.
Body
According to Policy.com's article entitled Age of Anonymous Terrorism
Aug. 12, 1998
Terrorism and warfare were engaged in primarily by states or state-sponsored groups, at
an international level. Today, however, violence is more likely to be initiated by groups
not affiliated with any government, such as ideologically based terrorist groups not
associated with the governments of their nations, revolutionaries within a state or
groups based in several countries. 
Incedents are:
The bombings of have Pan American Flight 103 been blamed on Islamic terrorist group,
Hamas. The varying responses to terrorist activities -- military force and international
cooperation prompted by sanctions -- illustrate only two of many methods governments use
to counter terrorist activity and establish international standards of justice. While
policy-makers disagree on the effectiveness and morality of the use of force in response
to force, some argue that the criminal mindset of a terrorist or genocidal leader will
respond only to the threat of force, not to diplomatic overtures. The recent bombing so
of U.S. embassies of Sudan and Libya have prompted the United States to bomb those
countries.
We need to bomb Iraq because we need to stop Islamic terrorism. The first step in
fighting this very dangerous threat to our national security is by infiltrating countries
in the middle east which are weak and vulnerable. Next we must setup military sites in
them and use that position to intimidate against any future attack. The countries which
are the prime players in this middle eastern islamic terrorist network are Iran,Sudan,
Libya and Afganistan.(ABCNEWS.COM) Most of the other Islamic countries such as Saudi
Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq have not showed that they are supporting terrorist activity. But
that doesn't mean that there aren't those in their governement who is secretly working
for the Islamic terrorists. Most countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have allowed
U.S. Military sites be installed in their countries which makes such Islamic Terrorist
leaders such as Osama Bin Ladin very angry. He says those countries that have let the
enemy(United States) build military bases on our holy lands will be punished. In this
statement he seems very vague on who exaclty will punish those countries. But as history
proves everytime he threatens people in his speeches he is usually referring to Islamic
terrorist groups will punish those countries. He has a very powerful effect on other
islamic terrorists. (ABC NEWS.COM)He's a successful billionaire who finances Islamic
terrorist activity. Because of his influence his bidding is usually accomplished from
terrorist not within his network. They see him as a sort of prophet who has been sent to
convert all non-believers to the religion of Islam. Islamic terrorist use the word of the
Quaran to rationalize their actions. (http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-177es.html)In the
Quaran it states that the State that adopts this ideology shoulders the responsibility of
carrying it to new lands. As would be expected, this goal will lead to a conflict with
other states and their ideologies. This conflict has to be resolved either through
diplomacy or through force. The Islamic fundamentalist see the Iranian revolution as a
prophecy being fulfilled. The Islamic fundamentalist took over Iran during the Iranian
revolution. 
An exerpt from the book -Karen Armstrong, Muhammad - A Biography Of The Prophet Another
The Iranian revolution was not just an atavistic return to the past, but an attempt to
impose decent values in Iran again. -- p. 265
Bin Ladin's influence on muslims in the middle east has been high. As the rest of the
world has been struggling to keep up with this new threat the United States has been
setting their defensive in the middle east since the Gulf War under Bush's
administration. The war planners saw it coming and prepared for it. The Clinton
administration has continued the mission of isolating terrorism within the middle east by
signing such agreements as the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty which made it illeagal for
any country to test nuclear weapons. The Islamic terrorists plan to spread it's influence
on the rest of the countries in the middle East. Because Iran holds many countries
economic interest we can't stirke on Iran directly, but rather through Iraq as I
mentioned earlier. The countries which have oil concessions in Iran are France, Russia,
Britain, and the United States. If we were to attack Iran without first attacking Iraq
then it would cause outrage from the international as well as the muslim community.By
taking this route of action the United States can gain support from other countries in
this course of action. To illustrate the extent to which religious beliefs influence
public policy within the middle east. Saudi Arabia is Osama Bin Ladin's home country
where there is price for is capture. 
Places with such strong beliefs are breeding grounds for such terrorist such as Bin
Ladin.
An exerpt from the book - Akbar S. Ahmed, Living Islam 
The Wahabi school within the Sunnis believes in a strictly literal interpretation of the
Quran. It dominates Saudi Arabia, which has a small population of about ten million but
huge influence because of its oil revenues and as guardian of the holy cities of Makkah
and Madinah. This school would interpret everything in the Quran literally: thus the
chopping off of hands, death for adultery, and so on. -- p. 208 
ABCNEWS CORRESPONDENT INTERVIEW WITH THE ISLAMIC TERRORIST
OSAMA BIN LADIN
SOMEWHERE INSIDE AFGHANISTAN, May 28 
Osama Bin Ladin: 
Thanks be to Allah. It is hard for one to understand if the person does not understand
Islam. In our religion we believe that Allah created us to worship him. Allah is the one
who created us and blessed us with this religion, and orders us to carry out the holy
struggle jihad to raise the word of Allah above the words of the unbelievers. 
We believe this is a form of worship we must follow despite our financial ability. This
is a response to Westerners and secularists in the Arab world who claim the reason for
the awakening and the return to Islam is financial difficulties. This is untrue. In fact,
the return of the people to Islam is a blessing from Allah, and their return is a need
for Allah.
This is not a strange issue. During the days of jihad, thousands of young men who were
well off financially left the Arabian Peninsula and other areas and joined the
fighting—hundreds of them were killed in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Chechnya. We pray
Allah grants them martyr status.
Bin Ladin's home country still house some of his folowers. He can still star a revolution
there. Before Iran can take over the Iraqi government the United States needs to do it.
If Iraq were to fall to Iranian control then the rest of the countries in the middle east
would fall to the Iran as well by the domino effect.If Iran were to be able to capture
Iraq the it would be able to control most of the oil supply to Europe and the rest of the
world.
This is an exerpt from an interview with the defector Abbas al-Janabi , Uday's secretary
for 15 years as he told a London Newspaper. I knew that it was going to end soon.
Conclusion
Terrorist activity has been increasingly affecting American's way of life. Many millions
of dollars have been spent combating this problem. With such important middle eastern
leaders falling victim to these terrorist groups it is only fitting that the United
States take the role of big brother once again to make it a world where democracy can
rule. The other time the United States acted as protector of democracy was during the
cold war. Most noteably during the Bay of pigs invasion. My plan to attack against Iraq
would start by first gathering countries around the middle east that would help the
United States militarily. Slowly gethering much more support for their plan from other
countries surrounding Iran. 
We need to exterminate Isalmic terrrorist groups because their religion tells them to
take force against countries who don't agree with following the religious ideals.