Ending the Iraq war
Subtitle: a primer
By: Phyllis Bennis.
Publisher: Olive Branch Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Northampton, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781566567176
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003- -- Evaluation.; Iraq War, 2003- -- Influence.; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-219).
Table of contents: value: What does Iraq at war look like?; value: Didn't the "surge" strategy work?; value: Isn't the Iraq war really a civil war between Iraqis?; value: What are the costs of the war for Iraq and Iraqis?; value: What do Iraqis want?; value: Didn't Iraqis want the US to overthrow Saddam Hussein?; value: Who are Iraq's Shi'a, Sunnis, and Kurds?; value: What is the special relationship between Iraqi Kurds and the US?; value: Aren't there huge differences between Iraq's Sunnis, Shi'a, and Kurds? : shouldn't we just divide Iraq into three separate states?; value: Didn't the US bring democracy, a constitution, and an elected government to Iraq?; value: What war crimes have been committed in Iraq?; value: Do Iraqis have the right to resist?; value: Doesn't the Iraq war make us safer against another terrorist attack like 9/11? : shouldn't we "fight them there so we don't have to fight them here"?; value: What are the human, economic, and other costs to the US?; value: Why did the US and UK invade Iraq?; value: What kind of relationship did the US have with Iraq before the 2003 invasion, war, and occupation?; value: Was the US-UK invasion of Iraq legal? : is the war legal now?; value: Didn't the US troops in Iraq all volunteer to be there?; value: What are "private military contractors" and why does the US need 150,000 of them in Iraq?; value: Does calling for an end to the war mean we're not supporting the troops?; value: Why is the US maintaining fifteen-plus bases in Iraq?; value: What does oil have to do with the Iraq war?; value: Who benefits from the Iraq war?; value: What do Americans want?; value: How does the Iraq war affect global terrorism?; value: How does the Iraq war affect what is known as Islamic fundamentalism?; value: What is Israel's role in the Iraq war?; value: What is Iran's role in the Iraq war?; value: Do Arab and other governments in the region support the Iraq war? : what about Arab people?; value: Isn't the Iraq war distracting the US from the real war against terrorism in Afghanistan?; value: What was the United Nations' role in authorizing the Iraq war?; value: What has the UN done during the US-UK occupation of Iraq?; value: Even without UN endorsement, wasn't the invasion of Iraq really an international campaign because of the "coalition of the willing"?; value: What do people and governments around the world think about the Iraq war and about the US as a result of the war?; value: What does it mean to "end the war"?; value: Isn't the US trying to get out of Iraq as soon as possible?; value: Wouldn't it be irresponsible for the US to withdraw all the troops? : don't we need them to scaffold the Iraqi government, protect the US embassy, defend the bases, train the Iraqi military, protect the oil, and more?; value: Should we replace US and UK troops with UN Blue Helmets?; value: What will Iraq's neighbors do if the US and UK pull out?; value: What can the US Congress do about the war?; value: Are opponents to the war really soft on terrorism?; value: What will happen if the US and UK end the occupation, withdraw all their troops, and close the military bases?; value: If 70 percent of Americans want to end the war, why is it continuing?; value: What will it take to force the US government to end the war?