... of years. I guess that over the five years that I have studied history I have learned about events that have happened about three thousand years ago. I started to study history back in the 4th grade. I remember getting a workbook that was all about the history of Long Island, specifically Miller Place. I learned about Henry Hudson and ... that history is basically a written account of an event that affects something. Personally I would define history as any event that has happened in the past. I don't think it is necessary for it to be written because there is such thing as oral history. ...

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... question is: To What Extent has United States Counter-Terrorism Strategy Been Effective in Response to 9/11 from 2001 to 2008 under President Bush Administration? The other questions that this study will attempt to answer the following: How has global war on terrorism been conceptualized in U.S documents? What has been done so far to assess it? Who has written ... disrupted, therefore the policies would need to serve a favorable outcome for going to war. 1.3 Sources and Methodology There are a vast amount of sources that are being utilized for this study which include various newspapers,...

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... 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 ... people are extremely ignorant and fake Patriots. When asked what country did we go to war with before Iraq many people answered "I don't know what country was that?" or why are we at war "I don't know". Now is that not ignorance? American people are also fake patriots, they only take out the fla...

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... use biological weapons on the United States. Wow I"m glad we averted that terrible tragedy and got all those weapons back. Wait a second, we didn't. Oh but don't worry, because they definitely have the weapons, the proof? Well Washington's got the receipts from when they sold them to Iraq of course, jeez what a smart ... must have been the reaction from the American people to ANYONE who apposed the war, if you said a single thing that makes it even seem like you don't think the wars a good idea, they"ll boycott you, you have to love your right to your opinion, as long as its just like ...

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... United States can resort to, so they can solve their problems with Afghanistan or whatever country is responsible for the attacks. People don't even know why this tragedy happened. There are lots of stories. Some say that the terrorists don't like the U.S. policies so they get back at the United States and hurt the U.S. citizens. Some others believe that it started because ... war, does it mean these people responsible have to get revenge and kill the innocent people? Why do they have to kill? God said "Thou shall not kill" What part don't they understand in the sentence? I myself is sc...

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... a travel holiday in Japan. People used to travel to many other countries, especially to Hawaii. In the last few years, the economic in Japan was being really bad. The employers don't want their workers to have such a long vacation instead of doing their job to make profit. As a result, their holiday cut down from one week to three days. People ... don't want to go travel anymore. In addition, the war in Iraq also affects the travel industry in Hawaii. People don't want to travel in this dangerous time. JAL has also cut their daily flight to Honolulu. In Honolulu, the hotels and ... rec...

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... want us over there or not." When I asked Tim if we should've interfered he said, "In my mind, I don't think we should be over there. I don't think it's our right to fight for someone else's war and I also think if other countries don't support our decision then its not right. I think America is becoming a world domination. America is stemming into more things ... than they should and our intent is to go over and help, but we end up overtaking everything. I also don't like the idea that if we destroy someone else's country, we rebuild it how we want, instead of how they want, and that's ...

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... prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties. By this definition, war could be considered moral. Until you break it down into its basic components you don't see its bad qualities. Break war down into conflict. Conflict is a state of open, prolonged fighting. Is fighting immoral? Fighting is the attempt to harm ... the person feel better about it later due to the fact that he fired in self-defense, but is it still murder? I can't speak for society, but I don't believe it is. I can't answer this question for you. You need to figure that out for yourself. Does society a...

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... chance to express our thoughts and feelings on what's going on. The question of whether we should be in Iraq in some ways has no real answer because we don't have all the information. From the information that we do have I feel that if we had not done anything what would stop this mad man from obtaining ... waiting for the opportunity to strike. When I watch Bush he never makes any comment to the thousands of people that he is killing in Iraq as if they don't exist. Is what Bush doing morally correct if we go by the bible then yes. In many situations in the bible the evil one is always ...

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... actually agree on why Syria might attack because the U.S. isn't really that focused on Syria but if we get involved it might prevent an attack like 911 and if we don't get involved it might cause an attack like 911. I'm pretty sure they are going to get involved and there is nothing as people of the United States that we can ... chemical weapons, it might have been the rebels to get the U.S. involved. This could be true because the rebels set fire to a building and caused 8 officers to die, so they don't have very clean hands either. But it might be true about Syria being worst than Afg...

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... 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 see in office. Bush's Desire for Iraqi Oil Fact or Fiction This is the argument that I have personally heard the most as to why Bush has invaded ... it. I hear everyone saying that Bush is obviously there for oil. There are some good arguments as to why Bush is wrong for invading Iraq but, I don't believe that oil is one of them. At least not in that context. While there is an economic downturn Iraqi oil...

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... . In order to get the sanctions dropped, Indian and Pakistan would have to show that they are nuclear-free. Politics play a critical role in issuing sanctions against countries. If we don't like what a country is doing or want them to do something we can issue a sanction against that country. The government decides whether or not a country should be sanctioned and decides ... military intervention would be used. The result of keeping sanctions separate and disconnected is that a lot of countries look at us as bluffing and if they can withstand sanctions they don't have to fear a surprise...

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For my political discussion I thought the best place to start my discussion would be in my study hall session. I talked with two of my academic counselors and one academic advisor assistant. Dr. Monk is one of the counselors; she is a white woman in her fifties. She is ... ...

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... peoples. Although many wars have taken place with Americans, we some times seem to forget about those who we fought with to gain land. Like the Indians, we still today don't really recognize them for who they are, we just seem to shove them to the side and forget about them. Today in time you never hear about the Indians accomplishments ... Limerick exaggerates on her knowledge more than Tompkins did. In Limerick's essay she explains that our nation's history is a part of our present day lives. Limerick points out that we don't need to know the little facts about the "white-Indian wars"...

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... and the destruction of his country, would have the greatest incentive to strike back with any means at his disposal, including the arming of al Qaeda. The one thing we don't need right now is to give terrorists incentive to attack us, because the people of Iraq are being threatened. This brings us to the final issue for war and that ... and reading various articles on the war now I can finally say that I for the most part agree with what he US is doing. I am normally a very anti-war person and don't support many violent acts upon other nations, but after reading the issues that are pres...

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... this notion by examining various categories of policy making, namely decision making; behaviour; and consequences, respectively. The post globalization era in the Third World will be the focus of this study. Firstly, the issue of decision making will be examined. Traditionally, the policy decisions made in a country have reflected the interests of various internal sectors, such as domestic pressure groups and ... ...

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... United States would rather just sit back and let the men do everything in the war. Of course there are those women who are already in the army. But you don't see women right activists fighting for the right to get drafted do you? Absolutely, not! Women can be just as strong and strategic if not more than a man. Women claim ... that women are smarter than men, but is that really accurate considering they don't want to put the knowledge to good use by joining the army. Medically women could be a huge advantage in the war. They could even draft women to be nurses. That ... a huge part of ...

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... their life as a result of war should this mean that the war is not just? It seems that all the values that we were taught as we were growing up don't apply to war. The President of the United States thought that the incident of Columbine High school was a huge tragedy and that it was a huge loss that so many people ... choice but to go to war but if someone hits you does that leave you no choice but to hit them back? They teach us in school that two wrongs don't make a right so how is it right when one country invades another country just because that country invaded them first. I know ...

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... then was arrested for six months. February 1960 he was convicted for the attempted assassination and was sentence to death. He soon escaped to Syria and then to Egypt. Saddam study law in Cairo during 1962-1963. After the Ramadan Revolution in February 1963, Saddam Hussein returned to Iraq and was elected to the Baath Party. In October 1964, he was ... ...

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... as bad as they had. Instead of court-martialing him, Lee gave him a slap on the wrists(265-267). Pride is still a big part of our lives today. People just don't know when to swallow their pride and admit they were wrong. The best thing that I found throughout the novel was the relationships between the soldiers. Shaara did a wonderful job of ... and his little brother, Tom. Chamberlain was very frightened at one point because he had to use Tom to plug a hole without even acknowledging the danger at that point(276). I don't know how he handled knowing that he might have sent his brother ...

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... Exxon Regular Unleaded to below 1.19 a gallon, think of the possibilities. We also have to take into account, exactly what kind of blood are we talking about? I mean we obviously don't want to waste any "O- type blood, after all, it is the universal donor and we need it for medical reasons. However, if it is the useless "AB- type blood, it ... may be well worth considering. After all, we don't have any real need for "AB- type blood, and Saddam hasn't specified what type of blood he wants, so the "AB- trash might very well satisfy him. Also, as a plus ... would so easily risk and give u...

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... pointless. Why go to war with a country that does not pose a present danger of mass destruction, and because the 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 ... a large supply of oil, they have a very low economic status already so why take their natural resources from them? I think we should not take things away from another country that don't belong to us. Going to war with Iraq only adds to the long list of pro...

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... Americans have worked harder throughout our history to bring ourselves to such a high economic and political level? We may have our problems, and we do interfere with things that we don't need to. But that is no justification for destroying thousands of our citizens. Americans are the men and women who nobody else wanted a few centuries ago. We started with nearly ... nothing and made a super power. They just don't think before they act, like children. They brutally videotaped their murder of the Wall Street journalist Daniel Pearl while he was over in Pakistan. Just because he was Jewi...

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... the field has no or limited contact with high command (Clark). This will protect both the men and the mission. The biggest problem I can foresee is the fact that we don't really know who we are fighting. Even if we were to assassinate Bin Laden would that stop the al-Qaeda(bin Laden's terrorist organization). Most cells of the al-Queada ... are so foreign to us. Like in Vietnam, we can't blend in with the natives, and I doubt our presence will be tolerated by too many of the locals considering they don't like infidels on Muslim soil (Biema). So, how do we punish the guilty and protect t...

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... Americans feel at least a little more comfortable in their surroundings. On a different aspect of safety, the war itself hasn't necessarily reduced people's fears about another attack. Seven in ten Americans don't think the war on Iraq has reduced the threat of terrorism. Fewer than half of that number felt the same this past April. Despite how uneasy people are about having ... our troops in Iraq, two-thirds said they don't think we should withdraw until there is a stable government. Four in five Americans believe that the Iraqi people should be able to choose their own government, eve...

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