Militarism
President Bush, the Commander in Chief, decided to
occupy Iraq militarily, and the U.S forces implemented his
decision by invading and occupying the country on April
2003. A month later President Bush declared that the
Mission was accomplished. In fact, the war has not been
over yet. Ignoring the effects of the war on Iraq because
the subject was dealt with in Mouhammed (2008), the
war led to huge increases in military spending. The
federal government has created large budget deficit (and