... America and the world"(CNN). All said and done where do we go from here now that Saddam is gone? Opponents of the campaign think our job is finished there, and do not see any benefit in the occupation, only daily news of more Americans dead. Since the war and ... families experiencing the loss of a family member or friends. With each American soldier killed in Iraq, more Americans wonder if it is actually worth sacrificing our loved ones for a country that detests us and perceive us as infidels. They would like the troop's home now, safe with their families and ... $400 billion appropria...

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... for and safeguarded and the defeated are to be shown mercy. Pastor Timothy R. Scott in his short paper titled, "Pastor Offers A Christian Perspective Of War" quotes St. Augustine's Just War Doctrine in order to help illustrate this perspective of war. He writes, "The just war is to be fought under authority of the ... that have determined generally acceptable behavior during armed conflict. However, the most difficult burden, the decision to go to war, rests on the shoulders of our nations leaders. Such was the case recently of president George W. Bush in deciding to send military to Ira...

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... the author gives us something to work with; he gives us an idea about what the speech was about. This allows us as the reader to form our own opinion rather than have one pushed upon us. As Hedges" article goes on he talks about how and where the money plans on being spent. He ... networks (Hedges 3)" said Wolfowitz. This adds to the legitimacy of the spending and opposes skepticism quoted from Sen. Kennedy. By the author adding both of these quotes to the article he gives the reader balanced opinions about President Bush's proposal. In Jensen and Mahajan's article the basis for every ar...

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... for states as opposed to individuals. St. Augustine believed that the only just reason for going to war was to maintain peace. In the book, The Just War, Paul Ramsey quotes St. Augustine on the main idea of going to war. "We do not seek peace in order to be at war, but we go to war that we may have ... the states had the responsibilities to maintain peace, and this gave them the right to wage war in means to maintain the peace. Again in Ramsey's The Just War, he quotes Augustine's certain reasons for waging war when the time is right. "A just war is wont to be described as one that aven...

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... by taxation, has been going on over hundreds of years. Throughout the past, many magnificent thinkers and philosophers have shared their opinions, and their quotes are now read to this day. However, one philosopher which explains how this situation should be handled was Henry George. He once said: "Why ... quote Henry George describes many main points in which the government should be doing with the wealth in the economy to help with the injustices in our society. These actions taken by the government should include - high taxation on the unearned growth, and less taxation on the main pr...

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... countries or regimes that also have terrible weapons. While there are many dangers in the world, the threat from Iraq stands alone -- because it gathers the most serious dangers of our age in one place. Iraq's weapons of mass destruction are controlled by a murderous tyrant who has already used chemical weapons to kill thousands of people. This same tyrant has tried ... as a tool, a tool to get his point across. Tools to shape and per sway the reader (or listener) into believing a certain point of view. Just as any author carefully selects quotes, manipulates them to support their argum...

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... , or access to management. All of which are critical" (Wheat, 2002). The author gives an outstanding value to the presence of expert and qualified personnel. She also includes a couple of quotes from the compliance coordinator from United Parcel Service (UPS) with the clear intention to underscore the importance of ethics as a new and growing professional activity. It is evident that the ... ...

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... the Cold War era, we had only one country, Russia, to worry about. In recent years and still today, we find ourselves trying to defend our country against a large number of small groups that hide in countries around the world. This new world order has brought with it a much more unstable ... president in the war on terrorism. Tucker suggests that the direct attacks on US citizens may have helped to alleviate the Vietnam syndrome, especially with our more sophisticated weapons and much lower numbers of casualties. The author does warn, however, that the US's actions may not be agreeable w...

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... that we create, a system of knowledge that we use to survive and satisfy basic needs, we use it to adapt and communicate to other members of our culture and finally, to understand each other. There are five main parts to culture, Language, Marriage, Family, Art, and Religion. Language is a system ... Wikipedia). There are cultural norms that limit what we can talk about around certain people. For example it is a taboo to talk about incest in our society. The Kurds are predominantly Islam and that forms the taboo about death, which makes death something that is avoided in everyday situat...

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... ve watched about the war, the media has many responsibilities within a democracy. Beginning with the actual way journalists portray the experiences and reality of the war to our society. Meanwhile in Bush's War and Buying the War, the media has also played a big role in manipulating aspects from 9/11 up to the Iraq ... on the principles in determining when to declare war. In the reading Hidden Human Cost, it discusses a story of a Marine and parts of his life serving our country along with a reporter. It is explains that the war can only be revealed to the public with a certain extent. M...

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... the knob in my attempt to build a glass barrier against reality. The lingering smell haunts me, even after all the windows are shut. As we make our way past the outskirts of Baghdad and closer to the center of the city, we reach a military checkpoint. From a distance, I can make out an ... about his appearance. Although he is wearing the traditional khaki uniform, he has a black mask hiding his face. In a muffled voice, he asks us for our identification cards. Even with the mask on, it is obvious this man is not a native of the country; his Arabic is clearly broken and carries an ... ski...

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... of Iraq to "protect the humanitarian rights of an innocent people." Each war was entered because of humanitarian reasons. But, both were entered due to attacks close to our homes. Woodrow Wilson followed protocol set out by George Washington that told us not to get involved with World War I. For three years, the United States remained neutral in the ... years later, the Administration authorized the invasion of Iraq. Both World War I and the Iraq War were in retaliation of attacks on American assets. Both were necessary and vital to our country at the time, yet they both happened to hav...

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... are gaining a strong foothold in the technology marketplace, and researchers and entrepreneurs are hard at work developing new ways for users to identify themselves to their devices. In today's society our lives are computer and technology driven, and with this are growing problems such as identity theft, credit card fraud, and other important information that is stored on your computer and ... all unique and have a distinct way of telling us apart for authentication. There are those whoever who are skeptical of biometrics and the ability of hackers and thieves to allow our information ...

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... do with the terrorist attack on September 11. That tragic day should have taught us that we, the U.S., cannot afford to ignore the truth about our use of unprecedented military power to inflict harm on others (www.nomorevictims.org/Letter.html). Going to war should be the last resort of self- ... them since we dominate the world's power. We should not spend billions of dollars on a war, when we can spend them on our social problem we in our own country, or either help the people in other countries that are in desperate need. It is estimated that any full-scale invasion ... of Iraq will c...

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... . There is also widespread fear that this issue could ignite a civil war in that country. The economic recovery that supposedly started 2 years ago has not been very successful, here in our state it is hard not to notice that a number of businesses and industries have been closing down in recent years. Those jobs are gone, and there is no sign that ... recent weeks by Alan Greenspan, the head of the Federal Reserve Commission is recommending Social Security cuts in order to balance budgets. This information has somehow been left out of our headlines and top stories in favor of the sensat...

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... Qaeda and 9/11 terrorists but this idea has not been proven. This claim that this attack is part of a campaign against terrorism demonstrates that our government are totally failing to recognize the root causes of terrorism. No evidence linking Iraq to Al-Qaeda has been found, and allies within the Middle ... to promote anti-US judgements, thus providing a basis for die-hard nationalism on which terrorism is founded. The government of Iraq, to all of our knowledge has no direct relationship to Bin Laden or Al Qaeda. Such an attack would not only be unsuitable, it would be disgustingly co...

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... voting is the most American thing you could possibly do. Countries such as Cuba, Iraq, and Afghanistan are denied this right we so casually discard. Voting has a long history in our country, and should not be taken lightly. People like Bob Moses and Martin Luther King fought for the rights of African Americans to vote freely without discrimination. Bob Moses was ... 1996 elections reaching an all time low. In the 2000 Presidential Election, of the 207 million citizens of voting age, only 105 million voted, leaving 102 million people to give our founding fathers a big slap in the face. T...

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... is exactly what we are moving away from. If we are not being attacked by terrorist; then, there are countries holding nuclear warheads that could possibly be used to attack our country. I do not fully support the ideas of war, but if a country, such as Iraq, holds a threat that could affect many countries, including ours, they should be ... 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 his endeavors. Our president did not bring the catastrophes of nine eleven or any other terrorist a...

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... Troops" I found an article on the New York Times website today that I thought had something to do with what we have been talking about. Before our Huntington's presentations we talked about how we thought the news showing the Gulf War on television may have been part of the reason that some of the other ... network. (pg. 1) The United States government has trained 232 journalists for combat conditions in Iraq. Because of the "sense of urgency" being created by our government they probably will not have time to train the rest who will go. The journalists who do go will not be allowed to ...

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... 's actions in Iraq and the Middle East are justified. In this speech I will show if Iraq is a military power that poses a threat to our national security and its neighbors in the Middle East. Furthermore if this war in Iraq is constitutional. What are some of the costs of the war financially and including the ... , given the growing federal budget deficits and the sluggish economy. "The invasion and long-term occupation of Iraq could bust the budget and throw the economy into a tailspin." C. Where will our president find funding for the war in Iraq? Probably from increased tax on the Ame...

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... president's decisions, and what could happen. Roughly eight ears ago, the Clinton Administration worked to a peace treaty with North Korea, basically ensuring peace in our time, all in exchange for diplomatic recognition. But a country that produces 500,000 tons a year of heavy fuel oil, and that has a pair ... laws were created through the United Nations that would require weapons inspections to occur frequently. U.N. officials throughout Iraq would carry out these inspections. Our first mistake was not going after Saddam then.Over the last 11 years, Saddam has continued to defy resolu...

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... immediate and complete disarming of Iraq. This was not a means of dragging this situation out so Iraq can kick the can further down the road. Our government has information from Iraqi defectors that Saddam has mobile biological laboratories on trucks. Just because U.N. inspectors can't find anything doesn't mean it's not ... your emotions from the situation. As far as the loss of innocent life is concerned, nobody wants to see it. And obviously with our high tech weaponry (laser guided bombs that fall through skylights and cruise missiles that can fly into windows) we will obviously take...

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... try and resolve this matter peacefully. I don't think so people, seriously, get real. Would we like to see more tragic events like 9-11 take place on our homeland and overseas? Of course we do not. So without the use of force, how can one as a nation ask Saddam to please step down and to let ... no one gets hurt, yes innocent people die, innocent people always die, but sometimes you have to preserve others from dying and the future status for not only our nation but the world as a whole. Deadly force is the last resort yes, but again, some dictators do not just step down and give up ther...

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... . Neither strength or weakness out weight one another, but it is necessary to have both due to the varying definition. The politicians that we elect to run our government are human and they are susceptible to mistakes based on their own strength and weakness. We live in a representative democracy that means "we the people" ... are given the right to elect those who represent our believes and values. Like I said above that all human are having tendency to make mistakes. And our government is run by the people who also are making positive and sometimes negative decision. The negativity ten...

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... try and resolve this matter peacefully. I don't think so people, seriously, get real. Would we like to see more tragic events like 9-11 take place on our homeland and overseas? Of course we do not. So without the use of force, how can one as a nation ask Saddam to please step down and to let ... no one gets hurt, yes innocent people die, innocent people always die, but sometimes you have to preserve others from dying and the future status for not only our nation but the world as a whole. Deadly force is the last resort yes, but again, some dictators do not just step down and give up ther...

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