Dear Mr. President and Mr. Secretary of State

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Dear Mr. President and Mr. Secretary of State.
It has been with a mixture of joy and confusion for everyone, both critic and supporter, when analyzing the concept and very novel idea of nation building. This has been particularly more scrutinized when it comes to nation building exercises that involve the United States. But before venturing into the deep swirling currents of this issue, a clear understanding and definition of nation building is important. Nation building is the process of restoring a nation after a period in which it has gone through tribulations such as violence or total war. Most of these countries usually suffer under the heavy burden of broken infrastructure, dilapidated social amenities, lack of employment, an instable political system, and in overall, an economic crisis. A number of nations, led by the United States, have taken part in a series of nation building exercises throughout the world, restoring democracy in war-torn regions of the globe, such as Kosovo, Bosnia and Germany. However ,it is the current situation involving the United States in Iraq, that has given birth to a heated debate as to whether nation building has been a success on the country or not.
The United States government, under the then president, George Bush, launched a military campaign into Iraq and Afghanistan, with the main aim of flushing out terrorism as well as the Saddam regime which was deemed a sympathizer of these terrorists. The war lasted almost a decade, and the end product is there to be seen; Saddam Hussein dead, and the nation of Iraq not yet stable. American troops have had to remain in Iraq for a prolonged period of time in order to help in restoration of normalcy, and the essence of nation building. The United States government has trained a substantial number of Iraqis in order to be drafted into the army, so as to make the country stable (Jawad par 6).
Additionally, the American government has pumped more than $1 billion into Iraq in order to restore a number of important facets of the country. For example, more than $150 million was used in construction of sewerage system, while a further $200 million was used in construction of hospitals. All through, the government has also assisted in ensuring that the insurgent attacks from the Islamic extremists remains at a minimum, while there is still a large portion of work to be done. However, this was just the tip of the ice...