The Iraq War Resolution

The Iraq War Resolution
Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq Resolution of 2002
General Purpose: Congressional/Presidential Resolution with Iraq/Saddam Hussein
Specific Purpose: To inform
Thesis: To inform my audience of current events involving Iraq and its President Saddam Hussein, including Congressional/Presidential decisions and world opinions on the matter of military action to enforce UN resolutions.
Attention Getting: “Those who chose to live in denial may eventually be forced to live in fear,”
Introduction:
These words were addressed by President Bush as he signed the Iraq War Resolution, a resolution that entitled him to use military power in Iraq. A resolution that Congress and the House of Representatives, after careful deliberation, passed overwhelmingly, determining that Iraq’s persistence to defy United Nation resolutions needed to be dealt with. UN resolutions that Iraq agreed to as far back as 1991 when they lost the Gulf War, and have sp...