"Any lingering doubts about the true motives behind the 2003 invasion of Iraq were dispelled when looters were ransacking Baghdad, carrying off millennia-old artifacts from the Iraqi capital's archaeological museum, while U.S. troops fortified the Ministry of Oilthe only government building left untouched and from which not a single document emerged. The disastrous and illegal invasion, spearheaded by the United States with military support from the United Kingdom"
"The first measure taken in 2003 by the viceroy of Iraq, Paul Bremer a man who strolled around Baghdad in military gear while playing at building a country he didn't understand was to dissolve the army and Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party. A country deeply divided between a ruling Sunni minority and a subjugated Shia majority descended into total anarchy and ended in a civil war that left hundreds of thousands dead."
The 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq removed a dictator but produced greater insecurity and widespread looting while strategic state assets received protection. U.S. forces fortified the Ministry of Oil as museum artifacts were stolen, revealing occupation priorities. The invasion received military support from the United Kingdom and political backing from Spain and showed that overthrowing an authoritarian leader is far easier than governing a leaderless country. Postwar choices, including dissolving the army and the Ba'ath Party, helped drive Iraq into anarchy and civil war, with many former regime soldiers joining the resistance and intensifying the conflict.
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