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U.S. Foreign Policy

U.S. military actions in Iraq are intent on destroying the regime of Saddam Hussein and rebuilding and replacing it with democracy and Western institutions. The war in Iraq has widely been reported to cost the U.S. $4 billion a month, while enormous controversy has erupted over President Bush’s most recent request for additional aid in the sum of $87 billion. Though the war in Iraq had been declared over for quite some time now, more American military personnel and others continue to lose their lives. In fact, more people have died between the time the war ended and now than died during the actual conflict. Terrorists continue to take innocent lives throughout the world and in the region to protest American presence in Iraq. Such facts and events make many wonder if America is succeeding in establishing democracy in Iraq?

In a series of interviews with a number of individuals, I discovered that many Americans are divided over our presence and goals in Iraq. A great number of people think the situation is still too volatile and in its early stages to answer the question of democratic success. In light of the terrorist actions and ongoing killings of American and other military personnel, twenty-four-year-old waitress Natalie Ryan answers the question in a succinct and powerful manner, “I think one could hardly say death and murder equates to democracy”. Others, like registered nurse Patricia Keith simply feel it is too early to answer such a complex question, “For democracy to succeed, people have to want democracy…I think it is too early to answer this question”.

Some individuals argue that U.S. goals are not being achieved on any level. The high cost of the ongoing presence in Iraq and our alienation of many in the International community by taking a unilateral stance on bringing democracy to Iraq make many view our actions there as invalid. Because of continued deaths, international resentment

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