... 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 evil but is up to no good were ... planning terror and nuclear warfare against us. This is a serious and crucial moment in history that may come to an end if the American government don't act accordingly. Are you a person who would risk your life along ... and invite terrorist into out country as they d...

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... . Maybe. But guess what? So does Bush. Wasn't it Bush who exited the (ÏÉ×Ï-òÁÅÎÃÑ ÃÃÎÁ) Agreement , which makes him remotely able to attack any given country in the world with a nuclear missile! I am not arguing that the Iraq problem doesn't exist. Saddam Hussein did use horrible methods of ... . Period. We all know that the USA has no oil of its own. We also know that oil prices have been gradually rising. USA has to pay for oil. That's bad. So why doesn't the USA have a nice little war with Iraq ,who has loads of oil, under the lame excuse ... the USA's han...

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... yeah america hit me and ill hit Israel and you'll see what will happen.everyone says we go over there for oil, no in 1991 when the war first started schartzcof *dont know how to spell his name but was the general in charge of desert storm* any way right before it started america and ... because they can get their gas and other stuff real cheap with the embargo in place their the only ones getting stuff. but now we're going to war with Iraq they are having all these peace marches saying we will only start wwIII. look how wwII was started ignorence, we let hitler build up ... iraqi govern...

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... January 1997, and was reappointed in January 2001. His career highlights have been a mission to ensure transfer to democratic rule in Nigeria in 1998, brokering an agreement between Libya and the UN's security council concerning responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing in 1999 and he organised an international response to the crisis in East Timor in the same year. In 2000, he secured the certification ... of Israel's withdrawal from the Lebanon and he made, and has continued to make, strong efforts to encourage peaceful negotiations between Israel and Palestinian hard - liners. For over...

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... . The history of the Peloponnesian War as told by Thucydides provides another idea. Mytelene rebelled against Athens (a very powerful city-state at the time). In order to crush the rebellion Athens sent a ship of warriors to Mytelene to kill all the men there of military age. One Athenian speaker, Cleon, believed that this was the best idea, however another speaker, Diodotus, had a different idea ... is like Aeneas and Turnus in Virgil's, The Aeneid. Aeneas sought revenge from Turnus for killing his ally's son, Pallus. Aeneas and Turnus had already been engaged in war over who should mar...

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... knowledge, if he or she uses this pattern later in life, such as in the hospital, this person has gained a piece of knowledge he or she will be able to use for the rest of their life. It can also be as complex as a child getting burnt on the stove. He or she has gained knowledge from that experience and now knows ... this statement, opinion plays a large role in knowledge. All opinions are based off of experience. If a persons opinion is correct, he or she is on the track to knowledge and acquiring that knowledge for life. Plato distinguishes between two levels of awareness: opinion and...

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... written rights, much like our own. It is almost an impossible task. In fact, the word "reorder" puts it mildly. To think of it in a vivid and plain manner, it is much like tearing down a huge and spectacular building built on uneven lands, and building a new one. Its difficult, for building the monument might be easy, but having it balance on uneven ground ... is a task, quite difficult to obtain. The building one can look at as the Iraqi government Bush yearns to change. Yet the undertaking of building a smoother land for it to be built on is troublesome. One can look at the uneven gro...

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... 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 the economy in some peoples" eyes. The logic of the Broken Window Fallacy states that the $250 that the shop keeper had ... to spend on the window replacing it could have gone toward a new set of gold clubs. Instead of the shop keeper have $250 and a window, now ... . So in the short run the war will hurt the economy of the United States and their allies. It goes without saying that flattening most of Iraq to rub...

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... country has an unruly leader? Why take their oil from them? Don't you realize that if we go to war, it will cost billions of dollars, dollars we could spend on resources that are needed for priorities at home? Why go to war that will kill thousands of innocent people, not just only people in Iraq, but people 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 ...

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... 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, we were given word that the Iraqi government was supporting ... could easily annihilate large quantities of human life; possibly destroy all life that exists. When any country has the ability to pull off a task life that, one must ask themselves what can be done to prevent this; and the answer is war. Finally, perhaps the main reason we are...

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... can be no stories about locations of attacks before they happen and no visuals of where troops and such are stationed for the safety of our troops. Basically there will be an enormous amount of access to the war and limited access for television viewers back home. Journalists will see first hand what goes on in Iraq and there will without a doubt be ... books written. I think this move is a terrible plan for our government although they feel strongly about it. I think that our discussion in class ... hit the nail on the head. Muslim people are not going to be happy to see what happens ...

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... as September 11, the war in Iraq and current issues such as SARS are creating problems for many industries. Air Canada, for example, recently warned workers that it needed to cut back. It already cut back 3, 600 workers but it says that they still need to lay-off more employees. People are scared to fly in planes. The spread of SARS and the instructions not ... to fly to specific cities have created massive problems for the Air Canada industries. Other smaller companies are also affected because people are traveling less than before and for other reasons. I felt a large impact after rea...

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... China's international trade. 3. The tendency of trade block is becoming tense. Nations have continued to pursue protection intensively. Both are the main factors restrict China's export for the next several decades or even longer. For example, the trade rate within NAFTA has increased from 42.6% in 1994 to 54.1% in 1999. The trade within the trade block reduces greatly the dependence on the ... trade need outside it. 4. The weak competitive ability of our exporting products is the fundamental factor which restrains the continuous development of China's export. The competitive ability ref...

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... as different as you think. Adolf Hitler came into power because of the Enabling Act. The Enabling Act granted the government the right to decree laws for the following four years. The Enabling Act gave the regime free rein to pursue its politics through terror and compulsion. In addition, the Enabling Act also gave the regime full power over the government states. Also ... piece of earth, sky and water of the world. Could this be a possible start to a World War III? Hitler and Hussein both broke laws and or treaties with other countries. Hussein broke Resolution 1440 by not letting the ...

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... realize that the problems that face our country can personally affect them. I believe that a mix of logic and emotion are the best method to get my support for war. The reason logic is the best appeal is because evidence can evoke emotion if given in the right context. When I know the facts, ... Roosevelt, was put under pressure after the first ever attack on American soil. Our country was bombed without warning or any sign of aggression prior to the actual date. The President made this known in his speech by saying, "It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes ... ...

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... gap and increased their power base. On October 1959, a Baath hit squad including a twenty something Saddam attempted a coup. Qasim survived and Saddam escaped to Egypt where he was a guest of Nasser. He attended college and was known as a street thug. In 1963 another coup ended Qasim rule. The ... nationalist Baath party led by Ahmad al-Bakr took over rule of Iraq. Saddam was invited to return to Iraq, but the al-Bakr government did not last and Saddam was briefly jailed. By 1968 the Baath party had resumed power and al ... some ideal culmination of history is achieved. There is no remor...

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... President, does not spell out clear military objectives, and it does not specify who the U.S. is fighting, which all bear similarities to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. To begin the War in Iraq President Bush merely sent congress a proposition for war, and within days the war began just as President Johnson had done before. Beginning with The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution the president ... it set out, and the current Iraq resolution is equally indistinct. The draft resolution authorizes force "to defend . . . against the threat posed by Iraq" and to "restore international peace and security...

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... Excluding the unemployed, homeless, 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 able to do what they want. Also American people are fake patriots, they turn patriotic ... say they are Patriotic, they support everything their country does, they would do anything for their country, but when called upon they chicken out, they come up w...

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... the one thing our nation is all about. Freedom of the people, but if our freedom is threatened we have to take serious action. This action sometimes results in war. War is a serious thing but is necessary in order for our nation to keep our freedom. We support those who are in Iraq and those who have experienced war in foreign countries. Own ... on, and be apart of This great nation. With that comes a crucial responsibility that we, as Americans, be willing to take at any moment. This may involve serving for our country over sea's. I never thought any of this would happen to my family o...

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... informed us that there is significant ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda, This was a statement which was later retracted by Colin Powell. But the main reason the Bush administration gives for going to war with Iraq was that Saddam Hussein posses weapon of mass destruction. Six months on and the U.S still haven't found any evidence of W.M.D.'s. The Bush administration has close ties ... President Cheney worked in the oil business. Forty-one senior Bush administration officials were former oil company's executives or have substantial stock holdings or other financial ties to the industry. The...

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... for getting rid of all of their weapons. They do agree that action must take place just not of the military basis. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said trying to convince our allies to support a disarmament resolution "The goal is disarmament. The goal is not inspections. And inspections can work if a country is cooperative and they want to prove to the world that they have, in fact ... , disarmed," this alone is reason to attack Iraq because they are obviously building weapons if Saddam won't let inspectors in. President Bush has stated many examples of Saddam Hussein's homicidal ... ...

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... Americans had shown, joined the series of mass candlelight rally to protest against the Americans - this eventually contributed in spreading anti-American sentiment in Korea. However, it turned out to be that Mr. Bush never came to apologize to Korean citizens for the wrongdoing. How foolish was it for us to actually expect such a powerful country to be considerate to this tiny, powerless country? In this regard, Korea should ... think smart and dispatch troops to Iraq because Korea, willing or not, is heavily reliant on the ... ...

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... focuses on the ethics of getting involved with it in the first place. Many people would make the claim that states can have moral justification for resorting to armed force in the international system. The idea here is not that the war in question is merely politically shrewd, or prudent, or bold and daring, but fully moral, just. ... of it. (Indyk) However, America's Arab allies had determined that such talk of democracy was very dangerous to their own grip on power in the region. Moreover, the United States was forced to consider that it could not afford the destabilizing impact that...

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... . But now, two years later, I fear we have forgotten. We no longer stand together proudly for the Pledge. We have lost the feeling of overwhelming national pride. We have returned to our old ways. September 11th IS one of those days. You know, the ones we equate to knowing exactly what we were doing and where we were when we saw or heard ... . I see these protesters fighting each other and fighting police officers. And these are people protesting and demanding PEACE? I recently saw a statistic that said New York had to pay over $1 million in overtime salaries for police officers to help k...

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... forces. Are Americans indifferent towards the Baghdadis on the west of Tigris because they are perceived to be the beneficiaries of the Baath regime? The east of Tigris has, however, been on the priority list for the restoration of utilities. Basra was made better off in terms of both water and ... immediate lifting of UN sanctions against Iraq, it sought control of Iraqi economy by the victors of the war for 12 months, to begin with. All oil revenues would go into a proposed Iraqi Assistance Fund until such time that a new Iraqi government was ... meeting was conspicuous by the absence...

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