Many observers have questioned American motives in Iraq. Was the United States promoting democracy or looking to secure its oil supplies? This question hangs over the wars in Iraq, but the same question can be asked about any nation’s motives in any given conflict. How much ethical consideration must be given to the reasons for going to war, whether the United States in Iraq in 1991 and again in 2003 or any other conflict in which one nation goes to war against another for any reason? Our study of the Iraq wars offers us a concise set of conflicts in which we can evaluate ethical claims made by one or both sides. This exercise will be interesting and useful. While creating your timeline and assessing the U.S. motives for war, keep in mind that, in the future, wars resembling the Iraq wars will continue to unfold and, as Christians, it will be worth questioning the ethics behind the reasons they do.