Should Britain Pull Out Their Troops From Iraq?

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Brett Newton         12WA         5 Pages

Should Britain Pull Out Their Troops From Iraq?

Each time we open the papers or switch on the news, there is a new story about the post-war situation in Iraq.

I am going to explore the difficult question of Britain’s troops and whether they should be pulled out of Iraq. Daily reports in the media lead to very different views about if our troops and their vote in post-war Iraq. Some are saying keep them in to fight with the Americans and keep Iraq under control. Others are saying that it is not our war it is the Americans and they should fight it on their own. They say pull out our troops. I will be analysing and summarise some information and reports and look at the views and check the validity of the information.

The first bit of research that I am going to analyse is about a poll pulling out the British troops and is from an article in the mirror Sep 1 2003.

I have chosen this source because I thought that it contains some useful information about the war in Iraq and also about what the public think about the situation. This source is in favour of the British troops being pulled out. This source is valid because it is from a newspapers website but not all newspapers are reliable but in my opinion The Mirror is because it is one of the biggest tabloids and it likes to keep the readers happy. In my first source it tells you that the majority of people do want British troops to pull out of Iraq whether it is now or gradually. But Tony Blair shows no sign of taking any of their advice. In the piece of research it tells you about 3 out of 5 people want British troops taken out of Iraq with 29% wanting immediate withdrawal. Some of the advantages of keeping the troops in are that we are helping America in their time at war and also we are helping them keep the war crisis down to a minimum.

My next source is taken from the website and the people who own the website are a news bureau. It details the events leading to 3 soldiers being sent home. It also considers what was happening during the war, and before it to remind us of people’s feelings in the UK at that time.

 

It basically talks about the death of soldiers in Iraq and protests about British troops being in Iraq. I have chosen this source because this is a good bit of information about bringing the troops back and people objecting to them staying in Iraq. The first paragraph in this source tells you about some British troops not wanting to take part in the war and objecting to the idea of it so what happened to them is that they got arrested and sent to jail just because they refused to fight in the war. The next section in this is about a march against the war and that they don’t believe that Saddam Hussein is a threat. Robin Cook also disagrees with the war and wish that British troops were pulled out. The last section in the source goes on and tells you about the deaths that have been in Iraq. There are loads of people in this source that object to the war so this is a good bit of text for that. I think that this is a valid source because it is from a website which is called Islam Online so it has everything to do about Islam so that is where the war has been going on so they would know most of the things that have been going on there.

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My third source argues against bringing the troops home. This source is from The Star and is against the troops being pulled out of Iraq. Tony Blair states that he hasn’t got a “reverse gear” and that he will fight on and will carry on with the war with Iraq. He says that he has no regrets and would make the same decision again. Even though British and American troops are dying and have died in Iraq Tony Blair still wants to carry on side by side with George Bush fighting the Iraqi forces. Also the source talks about ...

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