The Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began with the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition. The United States wanted to destroy Saddam Hussein's regime and establish democracy. In addition to this, the United States and its allies believed that Iraq possessed secret stockpiles of chemical and nuclear weapons and that Iraq therefore posed a threat to the world (Axford 2010). In March 2003, American aircraft bombed Baghdad and Saddam fled Iraq. The invasion disarmed Saddam Hussein's government. In March 2003, President Bush delivered a premature speech, saying that the tyrant of Iraq had fallen and that the United States had liberated its people. President Bush traveled to Iraq to show the world that the war is over, even though nothing has been accomplished (Kirk et al. 2014). Iraq faced 13 years of sanctions, so the regime diverted its resources to flexible networks of patronage that kept it in power (Dodge 2007: 88). Iraq faced a situation of widespread anarchy, and after the violent regime change, the United States was unable to control the situation. Iraqi civilians were looting and attacking ministry buildings, leading to a series of events (Kirk et al. 2014). From a military perspective, the regime was overthrown, but they made no commitment to rebuild or secure the country. The abrupt end to a decade of dominant rule in three weeks has created a political vacuum, evident in shifting coalitions and divisions between religious groups. , ethnic groups, regional groups and even classes (Barnett et al. 2003, 25). The United States further failed to realize the depth of hostility between Kurds and Arabs, Sunnis and Shiites, and between members of different local tribes and religious groups. Furthermore, to deal with the destruction in Iraq, a new plan was decided by the United States. The plan was to withdraw all troops and hand over responsibility...... middle of paper ...... oops, withdraw from Iraq at the end of 2011. (Krik et al. 2014). Complaints came to the United States that Maliki became secretary because he replaced Sunni commanders with Shiite loyalists (Krik et al. 2014). This showed that Maliki did not care about having an effective army. Obama was forced to enjoy legal immunity, but he still claimed victory by inviting Maliki to the United States (Krik et al. 2014). Once the United States left Iraq, Maliki became a Shiite-dominated ruling authority. He killed his Sunni vice president, Tarqi-al Hashimi, showing that Maliki was using his power for his own gain. A Sunni group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, joined by former Baathists and other Sunni insurgents, captured Fallujah, Ramadi and Mosul, allowing the Islamic State to move into Iraq ( Krik et al. 2014). Unfortunately, Maliki was no match for ISIS since the war in Syria encouraged violence and ISIS had taken part of Iraq..