Should The United States Military Leave The Middle East

Should the United States Military Leave the Middle East Jacob Deckard April 9 2015 Mrs. Mcbride Jacob Deckard 9 April 2015 Mrs. Mcbride English IV Research Paper Should the United States Military Leave the Middle East History has proven that the United States military is the best in the world, but many people want our soldiers to come home from the middle east. Yes, this is a very good thing for families, but what would happen over at the middle east. In my personal opinion I think that we should not pull our troops from the Middle East. There are many reasons why I believe it would be a bad idea to pull our troops from the Middle East. First, The Rural economy in the middle east areas where our bases are at would likely be in†¦show more content†¦It was when George H.W. Bush came to office ,and with him another leader stepped to power and wanted to seize more power, Saddam Hussein, Saddam wanted to seize the rest of the middle east for himself. President Bush was against this and pushed U.S. Troops into the middle east and called it Operation Desert Shield. This led to Operation desert storm, and many more wars in the Middle East. Eventually, leading up to what we have today with terro rist groups such as ISIS,Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, who is the leading terrorism group at the moment. Before ISIS was the al-qaeda terrorist group who caused many of the well known bombings throughout the world such as the Twin towers, USS cole bombing, Istanbul Bombing, and The Battle of Wanat, also known as Black Hawk Down. Many of the United states bases are in or surrounding rural towns and villages of the Middle East. Since these areas are rural they generally do not have good access to medical supplies, transportation, or other needs. These bases not only support local towns , but also they give a source of protection to the civilians. If the military left the middle east there could be a lot of consequences for these civilians. There are many possibilities that could happen to these civilians such as, getting forced in ISIS, loss of steady income, no medicinal support, and no clean water source. If these outcomes were to happen it would cause a great many of deaths among the Middle Eastern Rural