The mission was to remove Saddam Hussein from power.
On October 7, 2001, early combat operations including a mix of strikes from Lancer, B2 Spirit, B52 Bombers carrier-based F-14 Tomcat and F18 Hornets with Tomahawk misiles launched from both US and UK...
i am pretty sure that T. Michael Mosely started the war
we were wanting to make sure that sadam Hussein would not be inpower.
t still hasn't exactly ended, but the beginning of a new start occured when Hussein was hung and taken out of power.
The operation was started to kill or take dictator Sadam Hussien out of power creating a stable government for the Nation