... of people in the Iraqi army, air force, and navy are a lot smaller than the amount in the Persian Gulf War. The military arsenal was severely exhausted during the Gulf War, and has never been returned to its initial capacity. If and when the United States chooses to fight Iraq, the ... such that there will be few casualties. In the Persian Gulf War, the United States fought strong military forces and prevailed. The United States was "singled out" when it was attacked on September 11, and it is expected that Saddam will attack the United States, before anyone else. Being the world's most ...

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... the American homeland by any means necessary. When Saddam Hussein became a threat to the United States, according to President Bush, the current administration was able to justify its reasons in heading into Iraq. Another variable that effects the decisions to head into war is a nation's type of governmental ... . The theory that exists is that democracies are at peace. With the cruel behaviors of Saddam Hussein being revealed, the Bush administration was able to make its decision to head into war without focusing on public opinion or interest groups. With President Bush being one of .....

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... of Arab origin, which makes him tend to speak higher of Cordoba under Muslim reign and make it seem better than it actually was, so it would be nice to have a document from a resident of Cordoba who was of Iberian origin and experienced both non-Muslim and Muslim rule describing the change of the city after the Arab conquest of Iberian Peninsula for ... Muslim cities in the aspect of economy and trades, it could be seen from the map of "Muslim Trade Routes" (Doc #4) that trades among Muslim cities were so active then that a massive trading network was found in the Muslim society. Also...

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... able to have knowledge of different perspectives concerning the current political situation with the United States policy towards the Middle East. Within this context, this paper has as its purpose to analyze various newspapers from around the globe and understand there perspective on the current situation with ... all the concerns of the international community because in conclusion all of the different regions of the world will be affected in different ways by this possible war. ` Jordan Times "Us; UK Push War resolution on reluctant UN" Jordan Times "King votes support for resolving I...

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... percent since 2000. Due to the budget crisis, many states are cutting back programs to help the jobless, homeless, mentally ill, and drug abusers. This lack of support for our underprivileged Americans will ultimately result in an increase in the crime rate across the United States. The governing body of the United ... may need the buffering from other risk factors. For many, the only support systems available are those provided by the government. This is one of many reasons as to why it is so dangerous that San Francisco has proposed to cut thirty seven and a half million dollars from i...

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... successful. When considering a war, one must first evaluate the consequences of loss of human life on both sides of the war. When speaking of entering this war, President Bush does not state that the people of Iraq are our enemies, only that Saddam Hussein is a 'murderous tyrant' that needs to ... his speeches how many American 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 perspecti...

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... the League of Nations, Iraq became an independent country, but still under considerable British influence, in 1932 (Farouk-Slugett 13), Using the British political system as a model, a constitutional monarchy was established (Harris 114), The Iraqi Parliament consisted of two chambers: an upper chamber "Senate "and a lower chamber "Chamber of Deputies. The senators were appointed by the ... out with a new credo: while maintaining a pro Pan-Arab stance, the real focus was on independent Iraqi patriotism "Iraq First (Baram 12-17). Out of this new beginning, there emerged Sadden Husayn. Hus...

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... from the UN inspectors on Iraq inspections and monitoring. Its actions against UN inspection process in the fall of 1997 are further evidence of this policy. With the defection of Saddam Hussein's son-in-law in 1995, caused the Iraqi ruler to release a large cache of documents ... Iraq provides no vision for strategic long-term approach that takes into account starving population, a crippled economy, and a threating military government. The policy was eroding long before the current crisis and cannot be sustained indefinitely. Toward a New Foreign Policy Key Recommendations: . Military...

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... collateral damage must be minimized. Going along with its policy of not targeting civilians and only those involved in the military will allow the U.S. to follow this principle. The sixth principle states that the war must be winnable. With the US's superior military strength, winning a war with Iraq is easily attainable ... in Iraq. More money would eventually be needed by the military to make up for the artillery lost and used in the war so therefore they would request more money. This money comes from the taxpayers. Whether taxes are raised or other programs are cut or decreased, the m...

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... , results and recommendations. 2. FORECASTING 2.1 Plot the Data. The actual data set is acquired from the ABS website (http:www.abs.gov.au). This data is a migration data set - Oversea Arrivals and Departures, Australia Section, Table 6: Short-Term Movement, Resident Departures-Intended Length Stay and Main ... = 1.1026, May = 1.1095, June =1.0613, July = 0.9970, August =0.9661, September = 1.0211, October = 1.0860, November = 1.0326, and December = 0.6225. This provides a forecast one year ahead which the resident departures for business being strongest in October 2003, April and May 2...

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... . The first is his use of ethos, or appeal to authority, in stating that the United Nations helps to maintain a system of security and is so obliged to secure Iraq, a threat to the world's security. Next, Bush uses logos, or appeal to logic, as a warrant for his claim in ... Therefore, Saddam Hussein should not be trusted to uphold other treaties, such as the upcoming U.N. weapons inspections. Although there is not much need for qualifiers in this speech because of the audience's need for data and logic, Bush uses one instance by stating, "My nation will work with the U.N. Security Counci...

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... United States, which can help rid the world of weapons of mass destruction. The realism theory is a basis for establishing a nation's policy. This theory implicates that moral norms should not be thought about when policy-making. The rights of the individual are limited, and cannot exceed the rights ... its people. I believe that America's government, as well as its people take the just-war theory to heart. In the past, the United States was never a country that dominated other countries, but one that liberated other countries. America has had many a great leaders throughout its history ...

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The United Nations sanction program against Iraq was designed to impact the economy, thereby limiting the actions of the countries leader and creating an atmosphere to direct change (Gordon 18). ... Iraqi populous as a whole (Gordon 18). The imposing of economic sanctions against Iraq under the directives of Articles 41 and 42 of the U. N. Charter was based in the commitment to peacekeeping efforts and were based in the belief that by crippling the economy of Iraq, it would be possible to bring Saddam Hussein ... left many women, children, poor, elderly and sick without basic needs and has ...

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... taken from New York or Geneva (where the UN is established), they may have to rely on their own institutions to reach justice. Should this happen, the pressure to reform the Security Council would decrease as well as its status. The central role of the United States in creating and ... makes the United Nations less impartial. It is rhetoric; without the United States, the UN would not exist and with the US it is partial. This fact is a huge limitation when it comes to decision-taking. As the US ambassador Zalmay Khalizad said, "an effective US inside the UN ... and destroy all chemical w...

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... . The Shiite's are the more radical Muslims with trying to take by force and put leaders into power by their direct descendants of power so that they are almost ruled by families, while Sunni's are the Muslims that want to vote for the leaders and are willing wait to put ... gas was reportedly used by both sides, and by Iraq on Kurdish villages as the Kurdish rebellion continued. Eventually, a cease-fire under the auspices of the United Nations led to the war's end in 1988. Iran and Iraq restored diplomatic relations in 1990."(The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001). This shows ...

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... a Kurdish Nationalist movement. The movement is a powder keg ready to explode. With the majority of Kurds living within its boundaries, no country faces this threat more than Turkey. Because of Turkey's concept of unified, cohesive nationhood-in which the existence of minorities are not acknowledged- these tensions in Turkey ... southeastern Turkey, extreme fighting and guerilla tactics are used by the Kurds in support of their political parties. The Turkish military is actively stationed in this area now. There are several political parties that represent the needs of the Kurdish people....

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... , and explaining the arguments in both novels to conclude which is more plausible. The author of "Behind the Invasion of Iraq " is the Research Unit for Political Economy (RUPE) which was set up in Mumbai (Bombay), India, in the late 1980s. The group RUPE is a registered public trust which runs on a voluntary labor and its limited finances raises from personal contributions ... America's National Security to recognize and demolish any nation that poses a threat against America before the posed threat reaches danger within the states. Kaplan and Kristol point out that, "it was the Clinton...

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... real motives for attacking Iraq may have been complex, but 'regime change' -- the replacement of Saddam Hussein's gruesome tyranny with a democracy -- was central to Washington's rhetoric by the time it began bombing Baghdad in March 2003"" (Owen). This assures that a democracy's motive is to go to war with a non democratic nation just because the country is not a democratic country. Owens finds ... Owens is more elaborate in explaining that democracies are misinterpreting the meaning of democratic peace, while Choi focuses on democracies trying to start wars with aristocratic and nondem...

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... his views. He painted a very clear picture beginning with his audio presentation. Before Powell played his audiotapes, he reminded the Security Council of Resolution 1441. The Council unanimously passed this resolution on Nov. 08, 2002. The resolution gives Iraq one last chance to comply with the council and disarm its weapons of mass destruction. Iraq had already violated a variety ... in hiding things and moving things out to avoid having them discovered by the inspectors. Powell stated Iraq has practiced this policy of evasion and deception for twelve years. Powell's audio evidence wa...

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... terror for revenge? After the Serb withdrawal from Kosovo this past month, there was a rash of terrorist acts committed by Albanians against Serbs. The Serb civilian population of Kosovo was not a threat to the Albanians but the violence against them was not one of coercion but of revenge. The ... revenge. The Albanians are not trying to coerce or enforce an idea upon the Serbs, instead they are seeking just plain old revenge. This example of terrorism is different, however, than the other more common form of terrorism which is political terrorism. According to Bruce Hoffman's recently ...

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... looking at the different topics Orwell stated that are responsible for the decline of the English language included this speech. When I started reading this speech I was immediately struck, because if the writer of the speech was following the rules laid down by Orwell he would have forced himself to stop almost as soon ... par. 2). As Orwell states pretentious diction is "used to dignify the sordid processes of international politics, [ ] that aims at glorifying war" (24). This is exactly what the paragraph above is doing. Bush is making an attempt at glorifying American intervention i...

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... He incessantly repudiates to follow the UN mandates that are set to disarm him, and this makes him an obvious threat to the world. Was September 11, 2001 a pleasant day? For most of the world, it was a terrible day, but for Saddam and the other terrorist organizations that had part in ... to follow through from his words into actions. He strongly stated "those who helped or harbored the terrorists will be punished, and punished severely" and this war is a follow-up of his responsibility to Nation, the world, and Iraq. Almost every country in the world places a very high responsibility to...

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... destroyed wall portrait of Saddam Hussein with his shoe. It was the first glimpses the world has viewed of joyous Iraqis dancing in the street before their American liberators. Assurances of American and British war advocates who maintained that this military action is indeed liberation and not conquest, that Iraqis would ... Safwan, residents there were already complaining about the absence of assistance. The administration had a good initial excuse, the opposition in Basra and the South was tougher than expected, and humanitarian supplies could not be moved into Iraq, but there should...

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... . His father was abusive and he was beaten many times and so Hussein ran away to live with his maternal uncle, Khairallah Talfah, who influenced Saddam's life tremendously. Several reports link Saddam to the murders of a schoolteacher and a cousin during these early years. In 1957 Saddam joined the Ba'th Party at the age of 20. Also in this year Saddam was denied admission to ... the prestigious Baghdad Military Academy, most likely because he hadn't finished high school. Later in 1958 he was a complicity in an assassination attempt against Abdul Karim Qasim, Prime Minister of Iraq. The ...

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... weapons which violate the UN Charta. Considering previous aggressive and cruel actions by Saddam as invading Iran and later on, in 1990, Kuwait this would be a potential danger to other states, particularly as Saddam Hussein doesn't seem to have changed in the meantime. Although he ... free from sorrow" (l. 27, 28). In the forth and fifth paragraph, the President also introduces another major component of his speech: patriotism. This is expressed by the positive adjectives he uses to describe the soldiers "your honour will guide you" and "brave Americans" and culminates in the ... as a ...

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