... Kant would've opposed Huntington. I consider that Huntington in several occasions establishes wrong interpretations of history in favor of his theory. For instance: "many Arab elites privately cheered him on (Saddam Hussein), and he was highly popular among large sections of the Arab publics-. I believe that the Gulf war is the worst example to use to explain the clash of civilizations. Firstly ... , one Arab state invaded another Arab state. Secondly, the support for Saddam Hussein comes from very few extreme fundamentalist groups; one can not argue that the whole civilization is represe...

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... of what can happen when a Nationalist Arab leader such as Gamal Abdel-Nasser can do, just like Saddam Hussein may try and perform in the future of left in power. If you look at Saddam's track record he has no worries about releasing chemical and biological weapons against nations like Kuwait. What kind ... of Coalition troops) they will continue to live under a regime that terrorises its own people. This in its self is grounds for immediate action taken against Saddam and his regime. What kind of civilised country would let this happen to the people that have given so much to the western...

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... endorsed and enforced by the United States against the will of the majority of the world. The sanctions restrict food and medicine imports to Iraq in order to bring down Saddam Hussein. The result is more than 1.2 million deaths, according to the very organization that began the sanctions, of which the majority were children under the age of five. According to Bruce ... or conspiratorial cell structure (whose members 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 Huss...

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... endorsed and enforced by the United States against the will of the majority of the world. The sanctions restrict food and medicine imports to Iraq in order to bring down Saddam Hussein. The result is more than 1.2 million deaths, according to the very organization that began the sanctions, of which the majority were children under the age of five. According to Bruce ... or conspiratorial cell structure (whose members 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 Huss...

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... initially as a form of resistance to the Israeli presence in Southern Lebanon. Hizballah was established as an organizational body for Shi'ite fundamentalists, under the spiritual leadership of Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah. Near the end of 1982 Iran sent 1,200 fighters from its 'Iranian Revolutionary Guards' in order to assist in the establishment of a revolutionary Islamic movement in Lebanon whose ... mysteriously disappearing in 1978 in Libya. Amal then split into a secular faction, headed by Nabih Beri (now speaker of Lebanon's parliament), and an increasingly radical religious b...

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... . The aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War addressed some opportunities to advance the peace process. Understanding a need to address the continuing unrest in the middle east and the irony behind Saddam Hussein's logic of "only really doing what Israel did to the Palestinians," the U.S launched a diplomatic initiative in cooperation with Russia which resulted in the October 1991 Madrid peace conference. The Palestinian ... ...

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