... allies harm, the United States should seek transformation, not coexistence. "5 The authors of "The War over Iraq: Saddam's Tyranny and America's Mission " explain: Here the Bush Doctrine is specific: the ultimate goal of regime change is liberal democracy. Thus, the national security strategy commits the United States to "champion the cause of human dignity and oppose those who resist it ... can choose for themselves the rewards and challenges of political and economic liberty. "6 Kristol and Kaplan agree with the principle objective of Bush's administration against Saddam Hussein to achi...

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... whole world will become a liberal democracy. He claims that in history we go through phases in order to reach our goal. The fall of communism is an example. Also, the stop of dictatorships in the South of Europe has happened to reach the final destination. The rising of Turkish democracy is part of the final solution. The same counts for Latin America. Francis Fukuyama takes a very ... idealistic approach by saying that in the future the whole world will be one happy family but it seems ... possible. Due to all these changes, the economy of the world is in less need of America. It is b...

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... Johns Hopkins foreign affairs expert, notes, "Iraq needs an army that is big enough to deter Iran and yet not so big that it could be used to smother Iraqi democracy and threaten the whole neighborhood, the way Saddam's huge army did." If Iraq were a member of NATO it could maintain a small army, yet still deter attack. According to Friedman, "The ... ideal force to serve as the guardian of Iraqi democracy would be a combined Iraqi-multinational force, like NATO, that would also include an Arab-Muslim component [i.e. Egypt]." The inclusion of Iraq in NATO would solve several problems an...

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"The qualities of courage and compassion that we strive for in America also determine our conduct abroad. The American flag stands for more than our power and our interests. Our founders dedicated this country to the cause of human dignity ... state them all, but here are the strongest arguments. The first issue is that Saddam Hussein was a mass murder of his own people and was abusing his power in office. One might argue that it was not our position to fight for this cause and that the citizens of Iraq should have risen up against their leader if ... it was what they wanted. Well, with the U...

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... do not like Saddam, it doesn't mean they like the Americans trying to take him out. They were angry at America, and said US forces had shot at people in the town. They were also angry because they needed food, water and medicine and the aid promised by President Bush had ... up attention and resources that might otherwise be directed toward rebuilding Iraq. Lingering resistance could also produce a security situation not conducive to democracy building. If military officials in the field have to deal with an ongoing rebellion it will be even more difficult for them to create basic democ...

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The war with Iraq was instigated by the attacks on America on Sept 11th. The attacks on America caused a fear of terrorism that had to be dealt with. Since going after the actual terrorists would have been a long and frustrating process, President ... been involved, I strongly feel that it was the right action taken. President Bush had said that one of the main reasons for this war was to spread Democracy and bring peace into Iraq. One of the United States main objectives was to seize power from Saddam and give it back to its people. Saddam was ... Islamic world. It was our hope to use Iraq...

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... with months and a nation liberated from a ruthless dictator. Thus preventing generations of the future from being exposed to negative propaganda and educated in the ways of a Democracy. These wars showed America's courage as a nation to come together and face any obstacle in order for future generations to have a safe tomorrow. The US being attacked brought fourth a chain of events that shaped a region half war ... across the world. America rebuilt its monuments and its own fragile emotional state. Took back the power and put its guard up at embassy ... down two of the most dangerous m...

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... selecting and ranking the goals, identifying any alternatives, predicting the possible outcomes, evaluating the alternatives, and finally choosing an alternative (Hirshberg,). The obvious problem for America is that Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction pose a threat to its neighbors and to the U.S.. Iraq, being a dictatorship and having a history ... may have caused Iraq to disarm, it still would not have removed Saddam from power or turned Iraq into a democracy. The U.S. seemed prepared to, for the time being, forego these aims in order to achieve the most important one. Th...

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... found by the United Nations Inspection Team. Questions immediately arose about whether the warheads were defying a material breach under UN Resolution 1441. Many believe without a doubt that the Iraqis are in direct defiance of this resolution. Scientist homes were searched, mounds of earth were examined, and many conclusions were drawn. Should the inspectors continue searching or is this enough information to ... Bush's ideas are right or wrong becomes irrelevant at this point. We should stand not try to shame our president for his actions but we should stand behind him firmly in all h...

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... because each war was entered due to humanitarian reasons, both were entered in retaliation to attacks on American assets and both ended in America providing a safe and democratic environment for people to reestablish themselves in. While war was tearing Europe apart seam by seam, America stood by watching and observing. President Wilson felt that America was not under attack from the German forces, so he therefore ... of government established. Their previously existing monarchy was destroyed. The same story happened to unfold when the United States finished operations in Iraq. One of B...

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... a bill passed by Congress for funds to secure Iraq and rebuild Afghanistan after touting a new policy to spread democracy through the Middle East. Many people agree with this attempt to scatter democracy for a greater good. But will it be worth the lives sacrificed? Possibly if we can control middle eastern ... situation. Still, many lives are being lost. The U.S. death toll in Iraq has surpassed the number of American soldiers killed ... secure. As a result of the war and the conflicts with Iraq, the U.S. government's debt is rapidly increasing. Pentagon official estimated that the wa...

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... isreal involved you see because once it hit isreal, isreal would come back that would provoke all the other Arab nations to jump in so saddam now is basically saying yeah america hit me and ill hit Israel and you'll see what will happen.everyone says we go over there for oil, no ... them and he took Poland finally they were like we have to do something now of course then it was too late thats why america is always sticking their nose in other peoples business ignorance is NOT BLISS Liberators have started running adds about the war with iraq all it basically says is that if ... have the w...

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... had declared Panama had been freed and that Democracy had been restored. Named Operation Just Cause, the United States military campaign was condemned throughout the region as a violation of Panama's sovereignty and their right as a nation to determine who was legitimately in charge. This was one of the latest interventions by the United States in the Caribbean. This military action was an ... "ultra nationalism."" The Reagan administration consequently highly praised the violence and fraud, and sent Secretary of State George Shultz down to legitimate the stolen election and praise Norie...

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... needed someone to dispose of Saddam's regime. Why should we only seek liberty for ourselves? As the world power it is America's duty to provide and ensure the human rights of other nations. What greater right is there than to be allowed to live ... like Hitler Saddam put the lives of others at risk. The Bush administration felt that a new start was needed in the Middle East and that Iraq was the place to show that it is democracy- not terrorism- that offers hope. It would have been unacceptable to sit back and watch Saddam's regime continue ... only Iraq's worst nightmare, but also a tr...

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... led coalition. Iraqi militia then attempted to assassinate George Bush Snr. in 1993. In 1997, he expelled weapons inspectors, and then rejected a proposal in 2000 to send the inspectors back in. In 2002, he finally accepted the weapons inspectors back in, yet Britain and America still claimed he was "playing games" with them, and not ... a degree that when the regime used a deadly mixture of chemical weapons on its" own Kurdish towns due to their occupation by Iranian forces, America was prepared to look the other way. They even supplied the Iraqi regime with arms to ensure the defeat o...

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... profitable new investment at the same time. Iraq and its surrounding troublesome nations should be combined and formed into what would be the largest state in the union, Texas Two. Appropriately named, Texas Two is the result of the hard work and perseverance of two prominent Texan business men, presidents ... Middle East would increase the size of our country by over 30%. The world would finally regard America as the true superpower, similar to how the western world felt toward England in the 19th century, when Her Majesty claimed territory covering over one-fourth of the land on the g...

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... from other countries, this due to the fact that Iraq is in great need of organization and leadership. The United States of America decided to go into Iraq without support from the United Nations. Also, going into Iraq without adequate proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction caused America to seem unjustified in going to war. All these things cause the United States ... not to be justified in going to war with Iraq. One reason why the United Nations was founded was so that each and every country would help ... doing all the work as in this case the United States of America, it m...

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... the Rio Grande. During the war Mexico's government was very unstable because the federal constitution of 1824 had been abrogated in 1835 and replaced by a centralized dictatorship. Also the Federalists, who supported a constitutional democracy, and the Centralists, who were in control of the government from 1835 to December 1844, were opposed factions of each other. Numerous rebellions had occurred ... within Mexican territory and the Texas revolution had resulted in the independence of Texas. In December 1844 a coalition of moderates and Federalists forced the dictator ... the U.S. te...

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Today on Democracy Now, on 90.7 KPFK, host Amy Goodman had special guest Mohammed Aldouri, who is the United Nations Ambassador to Iraq. They discussed the recent issues ... internal reason for invading Iraq according to Aldouri is because of his father, George Bush Sr. As we all know in the Gulf War in 1994 he had the same enemy, Saddam Husein. Aldouri also thinks like many others in America that George W. Bush, is going to finish his fathers "business". Aldouri then went on to explain the three external ... reasons for President Bush's probable invasion of Iraq. The first reason was for th...

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On Monday, March 17, 2003 America went to war with Iraq. According to recent polls, 40% of Americans are against a war with Iraq. My goal, and the goals of all of those against ... as if he has the right to attack Iraq whenever he feels like it. He couldn't be more wrong. An attitude like that is very dangerous for a democracy. Our founders gave the right to Congress, and only Congress, to make the momentous decision of whether to take the U.S. to war or not. It says so ... during the 1990s UN weapons inspectors dismantled all of Iraq's major chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons facili...

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... wear no uniform or identifying insignia); and perpetrated by a sub-national group or non-state entity". America's motive in the sanctions become diminished when Saddam Hussein's popularity goes up in Iraq everytime the U.S. bombs his country. Hoffman is claiming that terrorism is perpetuated by non-state or ... sub-national groups but America's action in Iraq fits the profile Hoffman describes. Non-state entities or sub-national groups, then, should not be ... of terror. During this past century, terrorism has shifted from being anarchy based to a new array of terrorism rooted in newe...

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... wear no uniform or identifying insignia); and perpetrated by a sub-national group or non-state entity". America's motive in the sanctions become diminished when Saddam Hussein's popularity goes up in Iraq every time the U.S. bombs his country. Hoffman is claiming that terrorism is perpetuated by non-state ... or sub-national groups but America's action in Iraq fits the profile Hoffman describes. Non-state entities or sub-national groups, then, should not be the ... of terror. During this past century, terrorism has shifted from being anarchy based to a new array of terrorism rooted in ...

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... to possess weapons of mass destruction. This information along with Saddam's unwillingness to cooperate, left us no choice. It's unfortunate that we live in a better safe than sorry world now days, but if that's what it takes to ensure another world trade center tragedy doesn't occur, than ... mixed message to our troops. They are in a difficult situation in a foreign land, and they do not need the people that they are sacrificing so much for protesting the cause that they are fighting. While I certainly cannot argue the fact that America is a democracy and that every voice deserves to ...

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... War a Chance The pending crisis between the United States and Iraq is one with much debate and controversy. It has spawned one of the most powerful anti-war movements in history on America's soil and worldwide because they believe that we should give inspections a chance and war would not accomplish anything. Furthermore, it has also stimulated some patriotic Americans into bizarre ... acts of boycotting goods from countries (i.e. French wine) that do not support the US in its fight for democracy, obliteration of terrorism, and the demolition of weapons of mass destruction in a country ...

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... war and the extent to which these were achieved. The essay will demonstrate that Iraqi policy decisions did massive harm to Iraq and were instrumental in bringing about significant internal strife for Iraq after the war. Furthermore, the essay will demonstrate that a broad coalition with limited political consensus must ... before the 15 January 1991 deadline. The New World Order espoused by President Bush was a high ideal and cast America in the role of protector of democracy once more. Bobbitt finds that the presence of oil, the material means to act and the threat to the international...

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