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According to Shel Leanne in her book Say it like Obama, she describes Obama’s
speeches: clear, inspiring, and motivating Leanne, 2009: xvi. In his speech of political campaign, Obama much emphasized on Iraq
War as one of the issues spread in the United States. He was the rival of the George W. Bush administrations 2003 invasion of Iraq. He spoke out against the
Iraq War when the day President Bush and congress agreed on join resolution authorizing of Iraq War. There were many speeches presented by Barack Obama
concerning about Iraq War. He addressed another anti-war rally in March 2003 and told the crowd that its not too late to stop the war. On February 27, 2009 he
declared that the Invasion of Iraq would end by 18 months. http:en,wikipedia.orgwikiBarackObama.
B. Iraq War
Iraq war is also known as the occupation of Iraq, the second Gulf War, and Operation Iraqi freedom. It is a military campaign that began on March 20,
2003. The invasion of Iraq was led by troop from the United States under the administration of President Goerge W. Bush and the United Kingdom under the
Prime Minister Tony Blair. The invasion was caused by the issue that Iraq has the weapon mass of destruction MDW. The governments of the United States and
United Kingdom asserted that the possibility of Iraq employing the weapon threatened their security and their coalition or regional allies.
In 2002, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1441 which called for Iraq to completely cooperate with UN weapon inspectors to
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verify that it was not in possession of weapons of mass destruction and cruise missiles. The United Nations Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission
UNMOVIC was given access by Iraq under provisions of the U.N resolution but found no evidence of weapons of mass destruction.
The invasion of Iraq led to an occupation and the eventual capture of President Hussein. Violence against coalition forces and among various sectarian
groups soon led to the Iraqi insurgency, strife between many Sunni and Shia Iraqi groups, and the emergence of a new faction of al-Qaeda in Iraq. In 2008, the
UNHCR reported an estimate of 4.7 million refugees 16 of the population with 2 million abroad a number close to CIA projections and 2.7 million internally
displaced people. In 2007, Iraqs anti-corruption board reported that 35 of Iraqi children, or about five million children, were orphans. The Red Cross stated in
March 2008 that Iraqs humanitarian situation remained among the most critical in the world, with millions of Iraqis forced to rely on insufficient and poor-quality
water sources. In June 2008, U.S. Department of Defense officials claimed security and
economic indicators began to show signs of improvement in what they hailed as significant and fragile gains. Iraq was fifth on the 2008 Failed States Index, and
sixth on the 2009 list. As public opinion favoring troop withdrawals increased and as Iraqi forces began to take responsibility for security, member nations of the
Coalition withdrew their forces. In late 2008, the U.S. and Iraqi governments approved a Status of Forces Agreement effective through January 1, 2012. The
Iraqi Parliament also ratified a Strategic Framework Agreement with the U.S.
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aimed at ensuring cooperation in constitutional rights, threat deterrence, education, energy development, and other areas.
In late February 2009, newly elected U.S. President Barack Obama announced an 18-month withdrawal window for combat forces, with
approximately 50,000 troops remaining in the country to advise and train Iraqi security forces and to provide intelligence and surveillance. General Ray
Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, said he believes all U.S. troops will be out of the country by the end of 2011, while U.K. forces ended combat
operations on April 30, 2009. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said he supports the accelerated pullout of U.S. forces. In a speech at the Oval Office on
31 August 2010 Obama declared the American combat mission in Iraq has ended. Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead
responsibility for the security of their country. Beginning September 1, 2010, the American operational name for its involvement in Iraq changed from Operation
Iraqi Freedom to Operation New Dawn. http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiIraqWar
C. Iran Election Crisis
