This six-page undergraduate paper examines the books,
War on Iraq and Behind the Invasion of Iraq, and investigates the debate
over whether the
war was justified. The author evaluates the objectivity of the American and Arab media, and compares the relative legitimacy of the various governments involved in the Middle East crisis in
order to determine the merits of claims that American foreign policy is governed by a ruling elite determined to take control of the Middle East in order to benefit the United States economically.