TITLE:
General Analysis of the Impact of US Humanitarian Response to Iraq’s Instability
AUTHORS:
Aktaş Hayati, Çora Hakan, Mikail Elnur Hasan, Karabulut Andaç
KEYWORDS:
Humanitarian, Iraq, International, Middle East
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Political Science,
Vol.12 No.2,
April
12,
2022
ABSTRACT: The issue
of humanitarian intervention is widely discussed in the field of international
relations. While the issue of humanitarian intervention is necessary for
hegemonic states, it is defined as the justification for “occupation” for
states with more idealistic discourses. According to critics of “humanitarian
intervention”, the clearest example of the criticized occupation issue is the
US-Iraq war. The concept of humanitarian intervention has been discussed in the
international system for a long time, and its status under international law
still remains unclear. The USA carried out a military operation in Iraq under
the pretext of humanitarian intervention, because of this, the Saddam regime
was overthrown, furthermore, had other devastating consequences. The USA has
labeled some states including Iraq as “rogue” states that “brutalize their own
people and squander their natural resources for the personal gain of their
rulers”. In this study, the humanitarian intervention by the USA, which has a
negative impact on Iraq, is examined.