Information Technology and The War in Iraq

1 General Information About Information Technology And The War In Iraq

In the twenty-rst century, world have been changing a lot but the most developed

and improved one is information technology. Development such an big industry is

helpful for dierent kind of the counties. third world countries use IT to upgrade

their weak part but some developed countries such as the dream countries as people

know United State of America use it for their on benet. If regarding two dierent

consequences, we can realize that It can be used for dierent aims but America

use this for bad aims. In other words, America is proving of superiority by using

developing and changing technology non-ethical behavior. Information technology

has become an essential tool for the global circulation of power, waging of war and

imagining of peace. Information technology has taken a more potent role in the

organization, execution, and representation of violence worldwide in the rst Gulf

War, Kosovo air campaign, and the terrorist attacks on September 11. Whether in

military technology and intelligence organizational strategies for peacemaking, the

second Gulf War was the rst, but of course it is not last...

(Feldman 2003)

In the developed world, many of governments have achieved dominant power

with the help of information technology in the war. There is an American empire

that in the twentieth century so in the Iraq war. American empire who has new

technology for military determine the Iraq. Thus, the war between America and

Iraq are aected by information technology because America has many dierent

tactic and repower and it make many plan of victory in order to win the Iraq war.

(Kaldor 2005)

2 Using The Technology In The Iraq War

*The MULE (Multifunction Utility and Logistics and Equipment)

It has robot army which has articial intelligence. It uses sensors and GPS

coordinates to pick its way through a battleeld. If a target is detected, the machine

will calculate its own ring solutions and wait for a remote human operator to pull

the trigger. It already uses put the bombs.

*ISR(intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance)

It was provided by the way of discovery opportunity that about C3I 's (com-

mand, control, communication-intelligence)success.

*CAP(combat air patrol)

It uses other air operations which is most high directions and it control battle-

ground.

*C4ISR

It is command, control, communication, computing, intelligence, surveillance,

reconnaissance and it calculates the distance then it puts the bomb in the right era.

* American military use internet, mobile phone which are satellite-based system.

*American used WMD (Weapon of Mass Destruction) to kill millions of human

to cause setting dominant.

*GPS

It is Global Positioning Systems. American military nd the position against

forces with GPS. They apply the right force at the right force, at the right place

and at the right time. GPS, going into orbit The World aimed at navigation step

satellites of the signals, evaluates latitude, longitude and height of the world the

nal our devices setting the general name. GPS provide the work satellites by the

united states in 1978 orbit exclusion was started. By 1994, arrived at the current

system sensitivity transporting the last satellites orbit the. was thrown into the

America has satellite maintenance and renewal procedures to do. USA has control

of the stations which are satellite and the constant satellite orbits monitoring and

necessary satellite part goes back to do transaction. Using GPS has three functions.

Those functions are waypoint, route and trackback.

(Jan Hallenberg 2003)

3 Plans (tactics) and Aims Of America

American planners prepare two basis approach in order to achieve victory. The

rst plan was that American learned a method during September 11 and they used

"Shock and Awe" strategy. It means that a military doctrine based on the use of

overwhelming power, dominant battleeld awareness, dominant maneuvers. It is

dangerous for the society because Iraq era encountered psychotically shock. There

is no doubt that it is not ethical. The second plan is to catch Iraq's leader and

leave Iraqien people alone. With the help of rst and second plans, the war gained

speed.

(Kay 2003)

The aims of the America;

*American is willing to leadership in Iraq

*Destroy Iraqi WMDs(Weapon of Mass Destruction)

*To obtain petroleum in Iraq

* Prevent to global terrorism

When it comes to talk about InfoTechWarPeace, it mentions about what is the

Information technology war peace project and what is purpose of the peace project.

InfoTechWarPeace is called peace project. According to James Der Derian, InfoTechWarPeace means seeks to supplement traditional theoretical approaches with

rapid conceptual analysis, beginning with our eort to understand how information

technology not only enables the continuation of violence through info war, but also

provides the means to prevent, mediate, and resolve con

icts through info peace."

The Aim of the peace project are that new global networks of con

ict and cooperation research, assist of critical thinking and networked knowledge.

(Joseph S.Nye 2003)

After September 11, USA president George Bush's main target was Iraq, but for

this he needs to get support from American public for this purpose devotion policy.

American public was make to believe it was necessary to go to war to eliminate

evilness. Iraq was very important target for Bush government so that white house

"established and inter departmental open diplomacy group for Iraq." The group was

composed of national security council, CIA, Pentagon, Foreign aairs and USAID

members. Open diplomacy group for Iraq established "freedom voices for Iraq"

these voices were in front of non American press in every opportunity talking about

Saddam's cruelty and torture a public relations company name of Endon Group

to support Iraq's democratic voice did established INC. The company, related Iraq

and el-kaide show saddam as a close threat and Bush market the war always they

use Saddam and twins towers together. However there was no relation but they

reach the target by always repeating. Public was fooled to believe that Saddam

had to power in fourty-ve minutes could re weapons of mass distraction (WMD).

This way they showed videos of Halepce curts chemical attacks in 1988 people were

tried to believe to war on Saddam ment ending evilness. More meaningful is in

parallel to INC the group who called themselves" leading Americans who wants

to save Iraq from saddam "they established CLI. Leading members New American

Century project had close ties to Bush foreign policy maker American Entrepreneur

Enstitute (we should remind that CLI members before DEssert Storm operation

Gulf and SEcurity committee). The baby incubator story used as Gulf War was a

lie!!! As a result, after this, this issue is not ethical because building stone of war

is lie or pretex.

(K.Adams 2001)

4 Revaluation Of Military Aair

Revaluation of military aair (RMA) changes with developed of information tech-

nology and Asymmetric Warfare, the term used for the way that opponents would

respond to a dominant military power by ghting in ways that the dominant power

did not expect or prepare against. Revaluation of military aair means to tended to

emphasize the way that improvements in information technology, precision targeting

and smart munitions created the possibility of a new form of network warfare. Def-

initions of asymmetric warfare have emphasized asymmetries in technology, what

each side ghts with; asymmetries in tactics, how each side ghts or asymmetries

in the stakes, the costs of defeat to each side. Asymmetric warface alters with the

information technology growed like revaluation of military aair.

(Rasmussen 2003)

5 Conclusion

America claims that Iraq has massenwaes (WMDs) and all countries can not have

them according to NATO rules. Thus America decide to began Iraq war to put these

desires in motion. Of course it is not true because the main aim that American

attacked to Iraq was to control its petroleum. As a result American thinks your

benecial then to start Iraq war. It is not true behavior. As know that American is

superior in the Iraq war because it has new information technology. Their military

technologies among the gap between the two of the power were not up and ultimately

technological supremacy has gained. Technology levels of the gap between the

missing research, development, and acquisition dierence between. At the same

time, America is only super power or dominant power in the world but Iraq is third

world country. When this is the case, information technology gain upper hand in

the Iraq war and America should know so. As a result, every country can not have

same technology, same developed and same economic level. They do not benet

from developing technology and this reason cause some weakness. American has

most useful technology which are intelligent articial, GPS and the like then Iraq,

because USA is powerful country and it has high economic level. By courtesy of

this, it is not ethical behavior to started the Iraq war.

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