Weapons of Mass Destruction

Weapons of mass destruction are nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological. An organism or toxin found in nature is used in them that is meant to kill or incapacitate an adversary. Though there are different types and they are made up of different ingredients, they are all meant to kill and do significant destruction. The United States Military refers to them as "weapons that are capable of high order destruction and being used to destroy large numbers of people."

Many countries posses weapons of mass destruction for one main cause. Because they "generate a culture of fear", they are held in reserve by countries as a scare tactic. They are set aside to be used as a threat, if another country were to use them, they would in turn be bombed with weapons of mass destruction. Brazil, Canada, Germany, Japan, Poland, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and the United States of America are just some of the countries that have them. Though, the United States has been the only country to ever use them when infuriated. President Truman ordered to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to end the war more quickly to prevent a disastrous land invasion and to save thousands of American lives.

The United States of America and Iraq have had stressful relations since the 1980s. It started in 1982 when Ronald Reagan was President and removed Iraq from the U.S.'s list of known terrorist. From there the U.S. supported Iraq one-hundred percent and helped them in the Iraq-Iran war. They illegally supplied Iraq with technology and chemical and biological agents. Though they knew Iraq was using their material wrongly and producing weapons, they still sent over material and support. The U.S. wanted to be sure Iraq would not lose the war, so they helped Saddam Hussein "in battle plan assistance, intelligence gathering and post battle debriefing." Assistant Secretary of State, Richard Murphy once said, "The US-Iraqi relationship is important to our long-term political and economical objectives." Soon, Iraq invaded Kuwait and the U.S.'s position abruptly changed with Iraq. Their invasion was a "violation of international law" on Kuwait and the U.S. would soon be a leading world power with the Soviet Union about to collapse. The U.S. decided to lead the world to a war reversing its alliance with Iraq. Today, the U.S. is at war for a "history of misdeeds, deceit and a thirst for oil that knows no boundaries."