Weapons of Mass Destruction

Weapons of mass destruction are nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological. An organism or toxin found in nature is used in them that is meant to kill or incapacitate an adversary. Though there are different types and they are made up of different ingredients, they are all meant to kill and do significant destruction. The United States Military refers to them as “weapons that are capable of high order destruction and being used to destroy large numbers of people.”

Many countries posses weapons of mass destruction for one main cause. Because they “generate a culture of fear”, they are held in reserve by countries as a scare tactic. They are set aside to be used as a threat, if another country were to use them, they would in turn be bombed with weapons of mass destruction. Brazil, Canada, Germany, Japan, Poland, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and the United States of America are just some of the countries that have them. Though, the United States has been the only country to ever use them when infuriated. President Truman ordered to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to end the war more quickly to prevent a disastrous land invasion and to save thousands of American lives.

The United States of America and Iraq have had stressful relations since the 1980s. It started in 1982 when Ronald Reagan was President and removed Iraq from the U.S.’s list of known terrorist. From there the U.S. supported Iraq one-hundred percent and helped them