As the United States Military prepares to withdraw from Iraq, concerns for violence still in the country raises some questions about the country’s ability to maintain itself. Questions also resonate as to why there is still violence after President Bush declared a victory in Iraq in May, 2003. This issue of violence in the region stems from hundreds of years ago (tension between religious groups) to recent al-Qaeda influence. The issue of violence is important to understand because of the upcoming withdraw of US troops and so that policy makers can understand why violence has continued in the area. In turn, that may help curb the violence. The connection circle outlines some vague causes for the violence against both the US troops and civilians.
There are several “hard” elements in this issue:
• US Casualties
• Monetary cost of the war and presence in Iraq
There are also several “soft” elements in this issue:
• Presence of Al-Qaeda in the region
• Tension between religious groups- Shia and Sunni
• Lack of an efficient Iraqi security force
One of the noticeable feedback circles is the connection between Sunni and Shia tension to the presence of al-Qaeda in Iraq which has led to the lack of security and US involvement. This feeds back to overall tension between the religious groups and al-Qaeda in the region. As depicted in the connection circle each of these leads to other issues which ultimately brought us to overwhelming public discontent which in turn influenced the government to begin the withdraw of US troops from the country.
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