Case Study: The Decision to Go to War in Iraq
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- Who were the key actors involved in the decision-making to go to Iraq and how did their ideas evolve?
- Why were some actors involved and others excluded from the decision-making to go to Iraq and did the exclusion of some actors affect the decision that was made?
- How did professional careerists and political appointees who opposed the war attempt to influence the thought about going to war and why did they fail?
Ensure to respond to all three questions when answering this study
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Who were the key actor involved in the decision-making to go to Iraq and how did their ideas evolve?
President Bush and part of his administration were involved in the decision making to go to Iraq. The main reason why they formed these decisions is because President Bush wanted Saddam Hussein to live Iraq within 48 hours. These ideas evolved immediately after the public campaign for war with Iraq delayed up to 2002 (Makiya, 2010). For this reason, Bush felt bored in the absence of these campaigns and he immediately called some members of his administration to make decision on how to go Iraq. In his…
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