... Saddam Hussein will destroy the world? Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction, that's why we must destroy him before he destroys the world. Here's a little quote for George W. Bush I just heard on TV which made me so sick that I had to spill it all out: ?We are the greatest nation in the world, ... we have the greatest people in the world and so, we will prevail.? For me personally, that particular quote rings a giant church bell in my head. Nazis. I?ll explain what I mean (for those who aren't the brightest bulbs on the Christmas tree). Hitler and the Nazis believed that German ...

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... had a metal fragment in her skull in which the doctors were afraid to remove it because it might have resulted in her dying . She was thankful for still being alive, and it is really sad to see a young innocent girl get hurt and abused physically and emotionally. Thousands ... in the U.S. and others involved. The U.S. should really think of these questions and concerns, because there are several reasons why. The reason for going to war against Iraq is not justified. Iraq has made no threats or attacks toward the U.S.. They also had nothing to do with Al ... world. Going to war against I...

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... the scripture of the Bible it was stated that thou shall not kill; this poses an intriguing question. Why would God state thou shall not kill and order disciples such as David to destroy sinful cities. He order disciples to destroy sinful cities because they were evil and no good. This brings us to the present were Iraq is not only ... your children and millions of precious lives over a guest. Wouldn't you better feel safe then sorry? If not you all are people who promitt and invite terrorist into out country as they did on September eleventh. You all have the nerve to be so cocky and s...

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... are sent through many psychological or internal communication barriers. In the end, the messages are filtered through the psychological barrier it is encoded for transmission. President Bush formulated this form of communication by addressing the people of The United States and briefing them on how he would handle ... the crisis in Iraq He delivered the message immediately to the public and reinforce with repetition. With that being said, he implemented measures as to how he would go about reconstruct Iraq. A message is not conveyed information, but the emotions that give the words mean...

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... war brought about the end of the great depression. Then the article explains why this is not true by using The Broken Window Fallacy. The Broken Window Fallacy is as follows: A vandal throws a brick through the window of a shop. The window costs $250 so the shop keeper has to spend that money there by stimulating ... window. No golf clubs and a window. So it ends up hurting the shop keeper, and since the shop keeper is part of a community it hurts the community as a whole. So in the short run the war will hurt the economy of the United States and their allies. It goes without saying that ...

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... not designed to build a civilian society." But September 11 changed US foreign policy radically, and stabilizing overseas countries is now viewed as a matter of national security. So what role should we take in the future? What are the rules for intervention, and who should be the enforcing party? Should the United States agree to whatever is proposed by the international community? I believe ... Bosnia, ethnic cleansing and mass killing threaten large numbers of civilians and a state is unwilling or unable to stop it; - When, as in Haiti, democracy is overthrown and people inside a sta...

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... of Iraq been aiding terrorists since September 11th, even though our country has been seeking out terrorists, they are creating and hiding weapons of mass destruction as well as being led by a dictator that has no regard for human life. First, Iraq has been giving support to terrorists even though our country has been trying to end all terrorism. Shortly after September 11th ... past and we are now taking affirmative action towards ending his reign. He has used his own civilians as lab rats to test his chemical agents as well as using school children, kids younger than me, as human shie...

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... and the lower class that is on welfare or struggling to get by, this country's people have it pretty well. Although most of them take what they have for granted. They don't realize how lucky they are to stay warm during the winter, keep cool during the summer, have a roof over their heads, and be ... "hey why not if we can". American people have also been known to be very aggressive, people think that all they want to do is fight as soon as something small happens. This may be true but sometimes, the fighting must happen or does it? What about in the Iraq case, most people thought they...

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... tycoons. Prior to the invasion, Iraq sold most of their limited oil contracts to the Russians and French refiners. Leaving very little room for the U.S and Britain, as the U.N had imposed sanctions on the country so Iraq was limited to the oil contracts they were able to sell. This left U.S ... cheaper. America could also then develop Iraq's vast oil fields, which two thirds remain untapped. The invasion of Iraq will be a cause of disappointment for the Governments of Russia, China and France who had been negotiating with Iraq over plans to develop its oil fields once sanctions were lif...

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... exhausted. There is no better arena to explore the question of a just war than a discussion of the conflict in Afghanistan. The horrific events of September 11th are held up as justification for the bombing of Afghanistan, a logic one can only agree with if we conclude that the lives of Americans are of greater value than the lives of Afghans. The successful outcome ... the Gulf War, an anti-American consensus was created between Islamist fundamentalists on the right, who regarded Americans as infidels trespassing in their holy land, and pan-Arab nationalists on the left, who viewed Ame...

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... the lucrative oil reserves. We have already established the cost of war -billions of dollars for equipment, and thousands of innocent men and women will be sent halfway around the world to fight a war for purely greedy economic reasons. Now, I am just as reluctant about shedding American blood as the next guy, but exactly how much oil and how much blood are we talking ... about? I mean if its 30 gallons of American blood for a gallon of oil, what sane man would agree to terms like that ... talks of peace or even the absurd idea of sending a security council to establish a new governmen...

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... 's speech. Bush begins his speech with a proposition, "to discuss a grave threat to peace . . . The threat comes from Iraq." A proposition is a type of claim, a main claim that serves as a basis for an extended argument. Iraq as a threat to peace in the United States and peace in the world is the proposition (claim) that Bush supports throughout his speech using reasoning, evidence, and other claims ... claim in that the claim involves moral and aesthetic judgments, which may affect the entire world. Lastly, it can be seen as a policy claim because it calls for a change to be made, for a...

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... (the thoughts of Socrates), Homer, and Virgil. In Homer's the Iliad, Achilles struck back against Hector because Hector killed his friend, Patroclus. Achilles could be described as irrational after Patroclus was killed. While he waited for the gods to stop protecting Hector, Achilles savagely killed many other Trojans and eventually killed Hector purely out of vengeance. Achilles did not want his body ... remembers what Turnus did to Pallus and kills Turnus. This can be taken two different ways. First, it can be said that the U.S. should seek revenge for what happened on September 11 by ...

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MY PERSONAL FEELINGS ON THE WAR IN IRAQ I feel that the war in Iraq shouldn't be happening at all. Many innocent people are dying because of one bad person. I feel that bush could have found a better way to remove Saddam out of the country. War is way too ... costly and we"re already moving toward another depression. Bush is only having this war for political benefit. There are many people around the U.S. who feel that the war shouldn't be happening. People who have just had children or just gotten married are ... to Iraq they probably would have never been used. Some people feel they need t...

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Guns booming, missiles crashing, and soldiers yelling for help, in my mind this is exactly what I think my brother is walking into. My older brother Chris is going to be 22 on Friday the 12th, although I won't get ... to wish him a happy birthday. Why? Because my brother has put a temporary hold on his life to help others, he is in the United States Army, and has just left for the sandy lands of Iraq. Chris joined the Army right out of high school thinking that it was going to be an exciting experience and a challenge. Now I think he regrets ... going to speak my mind. Do they really think t...

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... , didn't we? The news stopped reporting news pertinent to Iraq, President George Bush assured the U.S. of the victory, and over 100,000 Iraqi "Scuds" lay charred, mutilated, and strewn across the oil-rich, heat-laden wasteland. If the war was over, why was Saddam Hussein allowed to continue on with his ... a conflict with an old enemy/ally: Iraq. "Ally?" you might recoil in repugnance, but it's true, for they do control our oil supply, and so therefore they are an ally. Enemy, well obviously, for their half-crazed lunatic leader decided to show Kuwait who's the boss. But we sure showed t...

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... "no higher" priority than fighting terrorism under former President Clinton, but that the Bush administration "either didn't believe me that there was an urgent problem or was unprepared to act as though there were an urgent problem." The article seems to be in favor of the current presidential administration and want to show the inaccuracy in Mr. Clarke's opinions and testimony ... ...

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... Mesopotamians valued their cities. The first cities were built by the Mesopotamians, in the land between the two rivers and were centered around the temple. The first city, Uruk, began as a religious center. This description of Uruk reveals the Mesopotamian attitude toward cities, "Go up on the wall of Uruk and walk around, examine its foundation, inspect its brickwork One league ... ...

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In chapters 5 and 6, we see just how long the Bush administration has planned for the current war in Iraq - since 9/11. They waited about a year to threaten, then another half year to take action, meaning that this was an issue ... and just about the only connections are the facts that he was glad they happened and he's Middle Eastern. The U.S. and the Bush administration knew this, but it wasn't necessarily for reasons of world safety that we wanted to oust him - he's just a horrible person to be in charge of a country; he's a tyrant over what he can control ... place to be a citizen while S...

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... Iraq and al Qaeda. They just went along with it because to oppose a war, at the time, didn't seem "patriotic". "The press showed little skepticism when Bush made his case for the war, even thought it was evident from the get-go that there was little to suggest an Iraq to al Qaeda," Rieder stated. The author feels that the media ... ...

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... the president's plan is Secretary of State Colin Powell, who is going to the United Nations on February 5 to share intelligence with its Security Council about Saddam Hussein not accounting for many biological and chemical weapons. An opponent of Bush's plan is Senator Edward Kennedy, a Democrat from Massachusetts, who said that he would introduce a resolution to force Bush to get Congress ... ...

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... of car that is on the market. I looked at two similar topics from past and recent newspaper articles. The preparations people were supposed to take before WWII and the preparations for possible war on Iraq. With the Iraq war the media has scared people way too much. I found an article that suggested that people duct tape there windows and vents to ... ...

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... and how lives must be sacrificed. Americans need answers. It's time the Bush administration gave us a full accounting of the Iraq war. It must present an exit strategy and a timetable for bringing our troops home. Despite Rumsfeld's assurances that all is well, events on the ground in Iraq tell a different story. Terrorists bombings have become more sophisticated, better coordinated and far ... ...

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... corporations in America is still highly excessive. Even worse, those executives are involved in many corporate scandals instead of improving their companies" performance. The Bush administration has given big breaks for the richest people in this country, caused the federal budget to go deeper into deficit, cuts many public services, not helped the job market to recover, not adequately improved corporate ... ...

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... of many Americans in the past year, should we go to war with Iraq? Should we side with our president and go to war, or should we leave ourselves vulnerable for Saddam to attack us? I side with President Bush. Saddam is an evil person, who will do anything to succeed. In order to overthrow Saddam we must attack him before it ... ...

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