Reasons to Stay in Iraq

By Candis Reade

Iraq has always been the hub of the Middle Eastern country politics. The reason to stay in Iraq is quite easy to decipher. Not only it is important strategically from a nuclear point of view but also its stability means a lot to the peace of the world overall.

As we are aware that when Iraq was engaged in a fierce battle with Iran (for about ten years on an average), the President Saddam Hussein had all the funds of the country directed to the development of the defense arsenal. He and his sons not only amassed billions via selling of oil to the world, but also started stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. This was the main reason behind the United States of America declaring war on Iraq. Even after the war was over, there were reports of political instability which was a good enough reason to stay in Iraq till the new regime started functioning well.

Another good reason to stay in Iraq was the weak Saudi Arabia where retraction of troops would have meant some another form of retaliation by the hidden anti social Iraqi elements. Saudi Arabia shall always be a high target on the elimination list of religious fundamentalists. This is because it allowed the US President Bush to set up his base on the soil exposing all the strategic defense locations of Iraq for the missile attacks that weakened and exposed the strong defense of Iraq to the American missile attack during the war.

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