... Iraq. Many times uncertainty about the future has an even more negative effect on the economy than being involved in the actual war. This seems to be the case with the United States as we continue to anticipate a change in our country's status. The American people are reluctant to spend money, particularly in ... regards to high ticket items such as houses and cars, when they are not sure of their potential earnings in a wartime climate. Even Alan Greenspan cautions the Senate Banking Committee that the potential war against Iraq is "the single biggest threat to economic health". Ironic...

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... economic bubble burst in 2000. Technology shares plunged in the spring, foretelling a sharp economic slowdown later that year. The Fed, led by Alan Greenspan, slashed interest rates. But the economy failed to pick up and was in recession before the devastating terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001. ... the presidential candidates should talk about jobs and the economy, compared to 14% who consider Medicare and health issues important, and only 7% the war or Iraq. However, from a personal point of view economic confidence remains fragile. This may partly be due to the fact that wages...

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... peace they structure policy to ensure the prosperity of their own nation. They think only about the effects on their nations. There are a number of viewpoints for deciding when war is appropriate, some based on morals, some based on costs and benefits. There are four theories that serve ... due to America's belief that Freedom shall be defended at all costs. The requirement of discrimination asks how one knows whether the violence of war is just or unjust. This also has to do with morals. The requirement of discrimination is a separate perspective that may be used to differentiate ... t...

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... 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 peace. Be peaceful, therefore, in warning, so that you may vanquish those whom you war against, and bring them to the prosperity of peace."(Ramsey 151, on Augustine ... ). Augustine tried to bring together Christian pacifism with the way it was; to bring together the pacifist teachings of Jesus with the obligation of Christians to fight for their country when required to. This concept was considered a prelude to Augustine's conditions of a Just War. ... evidence that has been pr...

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... and civilian personnel to potentially dangerous chemicals such as the defoliant Agent Orange in Vietnam and a variety of toxic agents in the Gulf War. These health effects can be devastating. Just as terrorism knows no borders, neither do environmental problems. Those environmental harms that do not ... form of polluted air and water, destroyed habitat, and even climate change-which affect us all. Surely, the environmental devastation from the Gulf War (recall oil fields ablaze) ought to give us pause. Environmental losses that occur half way around the world will not observe geographic...

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... of American armed forces is not possible. The United States, as an occupying force, has a responsibility to ensure order and stability in a place where it has created chaos. The war left the Iraqi infrastructure severely damaged and the country without a government. Without some type of occupying authority, Iraq will fall into anarchy. President Bush's goals for Iraq are "to restore ... order and bring prosperity to a brutalized society and an infrastructure suffering from decades of malign neglect" (www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/). These goals remain to be met. Not withstanding these...

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... sentence, nor can its meaning be expressed using a few words. The word means more than just a "military conflict between nations or parties," as the dictionary says. War is complex. It arouses feelings of aggression, depression, confusion and satisfaction. It entails many stages of action, can last for years, and requires so much political detail that only a few people can truly understand it ... . General William T. Sherman once said, "War is hell." That is the truth. War is "any place or state of supreme misery or discomfort," as the word "hell" is defined ... US's alley, they help by...

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... their beliefs. Iraq had plenty of time to disarm and did not want to comply with our orders. So the only way was to go to war. Just think of all those people who were so afraid of him and how they might feel today now that he has lost his power. I ... forgotten. Thousands of soldier's lives were lost in what seems to have been pointless battles. No Americans really want the repeat of either war or the uncertainty that comes with war. Additionally, the lives of thousands of Iraqi men, women, and children were put at risk and some of them did not survive. ... With the United States in t...

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... In Leo Bogarts book, "Silent Politics: Polls and the Awareness of Public Opinion-, Bogart makes a key point about Americas public opinion pertaining to WWII. He states: Growing opposition to the war became the focal point for strong, organized political movements that carried their concern over into more fundamental questions about America's social structure, its values, and its economic priorities. Thus the ... 18% who favor a complete withdrawal. To summarize the Gallup Polls' findings in all their polls they stated: The latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll shows public support for the Iraq...

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... mistakes from the public. In fact, these films also connect to McNamara's Eleven reasons. Starting with the principle of empathize with your enemy, in the Bush's war film it is believed that Saddam Hussein and Iraqis are similar to one another. Yet disagreements were established by the thought of this. According to the principle we ... need to look through the perspective of our enemies in order to understand their knowledge about declaring war with the US. Another reason that could fit into these films is in order to do good, you may have to engage in evil. Because Cheney's ... main fo...

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... Baath Socialist government from 2003 to 2011, although most UN coalition forces left the country in 2009 as support for the war across the war waned. The entire war was started based on claims by Iraqi defectors and moles the Central Intelligence Agency had within Iraq that Iraq was in ... . However, George W. Bush publicly announced that Saddam Hussein was purposely provoking the West by avoiding the sanctions and embargos set on Iraq. This war had many cultural, economic, and political effects on the Iraqi state. One of the most significant cultural effects was the Sunni and Shia upris...

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... nation's security, independence, power, and economic profit foremost, it is unrealistic to expect states to respect the life and dignity of individuals during war times. This paper will proceed by first defining the concept of an armed conflict, and its impact on the life of civilians in our ... when fighting to achieve their political goals and interests. States seem to care less about respecting the life and dignity of individuals during war times, when knowing that the state they are fighting is not capable of responding to the violations they commit towards its citizens. The ... com...

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... 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 ... United States' ships in the Atlantic, and as a result, American lives were being lost. Soon following the Zimmerman note, America officially entered the war in 1917. Fast forward to 2001, the United States was attacked on home soil by a terrorist organization. On that September day in l...

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... to their high level of achievements which made their book reliable globally. Kaplan and Kristol's novel came from a conservative viewpoint which favored the war in Iraq. "The War over Iraq: Saddam's Tyranny and America's Mission, " argued that the United States invade Iraq to and remove the world from a ... of the group RUPE, their opinions are bias and more against invading Iraq. Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol are the authors of "The War over Iraq: Saddam's Tyranny and America's Mission. " Lawrence Kaplan and William Kristol are two very accomplished men. Kaplan is a graduate o...

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... Iraq because they think Iraq is not cooperating with the UN inspections, was would result in massive human suffering. The Bush Adminstation wants to go to war because Saddam Hussein has violated UN Security Council resolutions, and he is also abusing his own people, and have weapons of mass destruction. Thus, ... UN Security Council resolutions on several occasions with providing dollars to aid the government of Turkey and nuclear armed Israel (www.commondreams.org) Going to war is not the right choice because even though Saddam Hussein does abuses and kills his own people, the U.S. wil...

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... about the presidency and since president Bush has been the main driving force behind the war there is a general assumption by the populous that the war against Iraq is unjust and uncalled for. I believe that support for the war should not be based on the people's support for Bush but, the facts of ... that Bush's claims may have been exaggerated, it is true that people are dying in this war, after all it is a war, and it is true that may have had certain economic interests in Iraq. Yet, I do support the war in Iraq. Even if it means agreeing with a president that I don't exactly want to ....

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... problems and even boost the economy some. As a citizen of the United States of America, I feel that the president's decision to go to war in Iraq is an unreasonable solution to a non-existent problem. My opposition to this situation is whole-hearted for the basic fact that we, ... nation, have no valid reason to invade Hussein's regime. The resolution passed by congress is completely unconstitutional and would be an example of preemptive war, which is within direct violation of international law. Many political figures have used the dull excuse that Iraq, and Hussein, is aiding and ... m...

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... rollback policies to full realization without anybody to really stop the U.S. Before this assignment, I was able to say that I disagreed with a pre-emptive war, but now I can reason why this move is particularly dangerous for the U.S. in the precedents it sets in the global community. I very much ... quick note, I was previously under the impression that perhaps the Bush administration was really using this as a smokescreen for the economy while hoping that war would lift us out of the recession. Obviously, it is more complicated than that. I'm a little challenged in understanding how e...

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... to before 3500 BC, the world's first civilization. Numerous battles were fought over this prime and fertile land, also known as Mesopotamia. War and conflict have continued on to current times. Several conflicts occurred with the Kurds during the 1960's and 70's, as the Kurdish people ... countries formed a coalition to remove the Iraqi troops from the foreign lands. On January 17, 1991, the coalition began bombing Iraq starting the Persian Gulf War. After Iraq was defeated, and less than a decade later, a similar scenario began with "Operation: Iraqi Freedom". Saddam was later accused ...

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... programs, and live to fight another day. Iraqi forces were withdrawn from Kuwait, but Saddam's claims on the country and proclaimed regional domination were not. Saddam perceives the war with the United States as ongoing and therefore was constantly bolstering his power through development of ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction all in preparation for the next battle ... to rebuild weapon production capabilities and to have weapons programs widely dispersed throughout Iraq's industrial and scientific infrastructure, which could survive even the "most draconian of sanctions...

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... hearing about it. With the call up of thousands of American reservists this crisis has taken on a personal note. This paper will discuss the effects of a war with Iraq on the American economy. An American attack on Iraq will most definitely affect the American economy. One of the main reasons for this is because ... the United States would have to bear the cost of the war, and the brunt of any oil price shock or other market disruptions. If oil supplies are disrupted, as they were during the 1991 gulf ... the entire world. This isn't going to be anything like the previous war with Iraq i...

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... world trade center is definitely one of those events that has made its mark in our history. This mark in history is the one reason why President Bush has declared "war on terrorism." Bush's war has had many effects on the alliances with our country. Most have not been good. However, there have been some domestic advantages. Declaring ... , Senator Joseph Lieberman said, "If I were a terrorist, I would not go to sleep feeling very comfortable about my security." This was the sentiment of the majority of Americans. Bush's so called "war on terrorism" really hasn't done much except alienate...

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... that Iraq has terrorist connections and if Iraq gains nuclear technology, who is to say that he wont provide those terrorist groups with a nuclear weapon. War, and the removal of Saddam Hussein from power will free the people of Iraq from tyranny. For as long as Mr. Hussein has been in ... their own choices, have a will of their own and not have the fear of tyrannical dictator looming over their shoulders. Some people argue that with war comes the loss of innocent lives. In some cases losses are to be expected in the pursuit of a greater cause but they are never intentional. ... the Uni...

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... soldiers" lives will be lost trying to achieve his goal. Many military serving advisors, Senators, and Congressmen are against this war, because, unlike Bush, they know the hardships of war. Bush should listen to those who have been there and take their perspective into serious consideration. Also many Iraqi citizens ... are oppressed in Iraq and feel the same hatred toward Saddam Hussein as President Bush does. By starting a war on Iraq, President Bush will eventually, end up killing many innocent civilians that are fighting the same fight within their nation, as Bush is overseas ... "...

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... I have researched and included two articles from different newspapers that provide contrasting views on the subject of war on Iraq. These two articles are written by individuals who have their own views on the war, and I wish to take this opportunity to get my views across, that what I believe was right ... On the 24th of September 2003, it was announced on the BBC News that thousands of inspectors who went to Iraq during and after the war found no proof of chemical and biological weapons and they actually said "Iraq has no mass destruction chemical or biological weapons" which clearly s...

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