... seem to hate THEM. DUBAYU, our first unelected President since Hayes, has let the cat out of the bag. Ashcroft, Cheney, and the like have big plans for America. Read George Orwell for details. A full-blown POLICE STATE, with secret military tribunals dispatching supposed "terrorists"--or their sympathizers, armed with powers of torture, unlimited rights to tap phones, email, and detain ... of any pretense of objectivity, serves as a CHEERLEADER for the new order and its corporate bosses. With 90 percent approval ratings, Bush is the most beloved U.S. President since GEORGE WASHINGTON, e...

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... . Great responsibilities have been placed upon us by the swift movement of events. I am confident that the Congress will face these responsibilities squarely." 2 After the Truman Doctrine, Secretary of State, George Marshall, proposed the Marshall Plan. This was a European Recovery Program which the United States provided aid to Western Europe after World War 2, in June 1947. The Marshall Plan was offered ... end of the Cuban Missile Crisis didn't end the Cold War. The Cold war didn't end until early nineties, when Mikhail Gorbechev and George Bush ended the superpower rivalry. "In June ...

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... shape the future of America's military actions. The first and most important decision he made was to fight the war under the banner of the United Nations10. A pattern followed by George Bush in the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and Bill Clinton in both Bosnia and more recently in Kosovo. By doing this he changed the role of the U.S. military. Formerly, its ... under the command of the U.N was to stabilize the region by expelling Iraq's forces, which had recently invaded Kuwait. This time against suggestions that he follow the precedence of Korea14, George Bush asked the congress for a declar...

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... from their aggressive behavior, which is what the public wanted to see. Another smart move he made was to choose his chief rival for the Republican nomination, George Bush, Sr. as his running mate (Schaller, 448). Americans may have reconsidered his election after his first few months in office, due to the lack of ... show of faith that peace was a common goal, so he took a very gutsy move by basically ordering the Soviet leader to tear down the Berlin Wall. Even George Bush Sr., his Vice President and future successor of the presidency commented the Brandenburg Gate address was a "stro...

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... is as interesting is how to explain certain State's reasoning towards these attacks, and how they reacted afterwards. Soon after the attacks, the Bush government closely turned their heads to "Al Qaeda, a terrorist group led by Osama Bin Laden which had previously shown much discontent from ... economic beliefs. The United States, previous to these attacks, had been allies to The Middle East and even Bin Laden, during the Gulf War. President George W. Bush made a very clear point towards such terror threats; "they must all be eliminated"; After all, one single terrorist group had disorie...

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... an administration that was looking for a fight. And they found one. So now we have a new and inflamed "war" on terrorism escalated by the Bush, Jr. administration. His predecessors are actually the people that began this "war" and now since these attacks, Jr. has purpose and determination to go after ... . The way I look at the situation is this: why wait for them to come to us? It seems clear to agree that this is George W. Bush's policy: get them before they get us. The presidence that our nation has set is this: help those in need and oppress evil. It ... to deter and preempt, appreh...

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... a very prominent voice within our government. The problem is not that the church is running the show, but that the politicians use religion to sway the ideas of the public. George W. Bush said on national television "this crusade, this war on terrorism." to rouse the religious feelings of the voter public. According to the government census, 52.7% of America is Christian. That ... is a very large percentage when you take into consideration all of the other religions that exist. With this fact in mind, President Bush turned the conflict into a religious war. Although it should not matter...

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... has asked Congress to pass measures that would give the authorities the right to conduct search warrants with a wider range of enforcement. While doing this Bush has also urged Congress to allow the Office of Attorney General to hold suspected terrorist who are in the process of being deported. Although many of ... unity because they don't want to be the odd man out and make themselves look as if they support the enemy. Another reason as to why Bush has been able to do this is because of the tremendous support he has received from the public. This can be shown by the polls conducted .....

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... rather drastically during the first days after September 11th. Various acts of vandalism took place all over the country. However, they became almost nonexistent after some strong words from President Bush, pleading the American public not to engage in barbaric actions. But it's tough. People are scared, now more than ever. Almost everyday someone gets exposed to anthrax. And who knows ... intention was to so frighten our government that we wouldn't seek justice; that somehow we would cower in the face of their threats and not respond, abroad or at home, {George W. Bush} said on October...

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... 30, 2000, President Bill Clinton signed the Rome Treaty, but, unfortunately his administration was never supportive. On May 6, 2002, President George Bush announced the US's withdrawal from the Rome Treaty, in essence, the "unsigning" of the treaty. Some major tribulations resulted from Bush's actions. No country in the history of the United Nations has ever "unsigned" a treaty. The withdrawal from the Rome Treaty ... has strained US relations with allies around the world and Europe views Bush's actions as breaking away from human rights concerns. In Congress, opposition to the ICC is l...

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... monetary policy must only be used to maintain the value of our currency and not as another instrument to fine-tune the economy. After Reagan left office, his vice president, George Bush took over. Instead of holding with the supply-side ideas of his predecessor, he increased taxes and government spending and the economy went into a recession. As Bill Clinton was running ... of Keynesianism. When the conservative, Republican idea of Supply-side economics worked for Reagan it was seen as a victory for that party, until the depression of the early nineties with Bush. Since Clinton came int...

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... year 2010 at the earliest. The topic was a major issue in the last presidential election as presidential hopeful Al Gore presented his plan to keep it going until 2054 and George W. Bush, the winner of the election, outlook on Social Security seemed and still seems unclear as he has proposed a major tax cut, taking money from the government that keep programs like ... , one might ponder of how this is going to effect the masses of the people and it will be more interesting to see if this plays a larger role when President Bush runs for reelection in 2004, as it is certain the democrats w...

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... door of 4th biggest arm import country, Korea with technology transfer advantage. There was a big problem for Korean government, which was very possible that Bush government may involve plane business with North Korea policy. Military industry helped George Bush in the last election, therefore Korea needed to concern maintain moderate relationship with U.S Government by buying aircrafts to keep Korea peninsula peace process. The ... ...

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... sensationalized and condemned the government during the Vietnam War and even as recently as the 9/11 terrorist attacks continued its revolt by not displaying flag lapels. Most recently as President George Bush was winning support from the Senate and House on authority to use force against Iraq, the news media was painting a different picture ... . Bush won the legal authority he sought by a 296-133 vote in the House and a 77-23 vote in the Senate, but of the 81 sound bites used by the media ... ...

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... perform their job in a physically strenuous environment. The survey concluded, "fully two thirds of the males said no, they could not. Interestingly, nearly one half of the females agreed- (Springer). George Gilder, who defends the combat exclusion policy, argues, "women's smaller stature and lack of upper body strength' make them less useful combat soldiers than men- (D'Amico 68). Although ample support ... not smooth to say the least. In 1992, after a heated campaign made by the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service (DACOWITS), Congress authorized women to pilot combat ai...

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... Soviet Union and the United States and the other Western Allies almost from the beginning of their alliance. One disagreement concerned the important issue of distribution of weapons and supplies-.5.( George C. McGhee, 1997, pg3). Also, during World War II, Russia drove lots of the Nazi influence out of Eastern Europe, and therefore was occupying that land. This made the west feel ... word that he would remove his Soviet army out of Eastern Europe and 1989 proved to be such an historical and eventful year. "In December 1989 Gorbachev met US President George Bush and they declared that t...

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... twin towers. In each instance the US response to the massive bloodshed from these suicide bombings was to back away after a fruitless attempt to find and punish these faceless enemies. George W. Bush's response was appropriate in the wake of 9/11. He decided to take out the governments that were sponsoring terrorism and terrorist organizations. The Taliban, known sponsors of Al-Quada, were ... , and in recent years these groups have joined together with tyrants like Saddam Hussein to achieve a unilateral goal: causing chaos and disorder in the United States and Israel. CIA director Georg...

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... reason is that the citizens rally behind the leaders of their country, thus stirring a patriotic surge. This is especially clear in the recent "war on terror" created by George Bush, which rose his approval ratings exceptionally high. The patriotic feelings released by the "War on Terror" is also the main reason Tim Kahlor, in the previous article, fought ... ...

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... community. "We will work closely with our coalition to deny terrorists and their state sponsors the materials, technology, and expertise to make and deliver weapons of mass destruction," states President George W. Bush at the G-8 Summit in Kananaskis Canada, January 29th 2002. The coalition intends to do this by; "reducing strategic missiles, bombers, silos, and submarines; ending weapons-grade plutonium production; reducing excess ... ...

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... military spending in Russia was largely indifferent to the American defense budget under Reagan and his predecessor, Jimmy Carter. Nuclear arms and missile buildup under Carter, Reagan, and Reagan's successor, George H.W. Bush, caused no increase in defense spending at the expense of the rest of the Russian economy. In fact, another study performed by the CIA showed that defense spending in the ... ...

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... on the World Trade Center, America has taken a stand against terrorist groups in foreign countries. "We will not stop until every terrorist group in the world has been stopped," proclaimed George W. Bush. This means that if America has to go on to foreign soil to stop terrorism then that is what it is going to take. Many Americans support the prevention and ... ...

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... Israeli-Palestinian conflict. That is, by establishing a Palestinian state in the areas of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the two occupied territories in Israel. The plan, led by George Bush, is set out in three stages by 2005. Firstly, the United Nations aims to dismantle Israel's grip on the intended territories and to re-establish Palestinian political independence. Next is ... ...

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... families, boyfriends and girlfriends, and engaged couples were split up for years. In 1976 President Ford announced that the internment had been an injustice (Drexel 403) and in 1989, President George Bush signed the Internment Compensation Act, awarding twenty thousand dollars to each living victim of Order 9066 (Bondi 343). In conclusion, it was wrong for the United States Government to put ... ...

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... EU. As for the "special relationship" it is doubtful that this question will ever be answered. There have been reports and many instances where Mr Blair has been mocked as George Bush's poodle and that relations between Europe and America increasingly involve zero-sum calculations. (David Clark, The Guardian, 14/05/02). However Wright identifies, there have also been instances where Britain ... ...

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