... . (Consider saving your best pro argument for last.) Writing and Revising 5. Writing * Develop your argument using your planning as a guide. If you become stuck, ask a classmate to be your ear: read your proposition and talk through your argument. 6. Revising * Review, revise, and refine your argument before presenting it to your ... many boys into seasoned soldiers. Also, the Arab nations view death differently than Americans. Americans perceive death with fear and apprehension, whereas the Arabs would go the any length to fight for what they believe. For the Iraqis, death is more of an ...

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... short and long term effects on our economy. Funds would be distributed to the States that have been hit the hardest by the economy downturn. Some of the money would go to improve homeland security while other funds would be used to improve infrastructure including roads, schools, electrical and telecommunication systems. The Fund includes financial support of disadvantaged and minority groups ... , strengthen federal protections against anti-gay violence, give federal employees the right to name same-sex partners as beneficiaries, remove bias from our immigration laws, and end the milita...

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... also says, "sometimes peace must be defended" (16). It would be nice to have a bodyguard for America, but unfortunately what he is trying to say is that we need to go to war. Bush also claims that we have worked harder to "track and disrupt the terrorists" (12). So, is Bush really trying to say that we have been out hunting ... things, but that Hussein has failed to do so. This makes America seem like a very innocent part of the equation while Iraq is the completely sinful part. We need to ask ourselves why it was our inspectors found nothing. Where was the proof that Hussein had these ...

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... , the public and the American foreign policy. When America goes to war the press goes to war as well to provide the public coverage of the war and the reporters go to the battlefields to film the action. At there own risk, since reporters have become casualties of war as well. The media have played a role in military conflicts since the ... sympthasise with the iraqie civilians suffering and demand the end to the war like they did with the Vietnam war. But The media only helped fuel the publics desire to go to war, creating propaganda against him. The gulf war in the 1990's lead to new g...

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... I can now do so at a level that satisfies at least myself, if not perhaps at a level to convince somebody else (say, a pro-war friend). Where I didn't know what questions to ask myself at the beginning of my research, I feel I can now identify my concerns as the situation in Iraq, in our country, and in the rest of the world progresses. The ... Iraqi oil in the larger oil market and global economic scene to say that it is certainly not the entire picture, nor the driving force for Bush and company to go to war over. From what I understood, it said that part of the Bush doctrine includes...

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... on the enforcement of U.N. Resolutions demanding the disarmament of Iraq while turning a blind eye to Israeli settlement behavior and continued possession of weapons of mass destruction prohibited by U.N. Resolutions? Arabs ask the same question the Pat Buchanan asks. "Is there a Bush-Sharon Grand Strategy for a Middle East where all resistance to U.S. hegemony is broken and all opposition to Israel's occupation of ... inevitably tied to the acquisition of land and inclusion of that land within the Republic. Pat Buchanan asks a valid question. Is George W. Bush an Imperialist? But I pro...

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... up, seem to be almost justified. The most obvious example in this speech of "a long passage, which is [ ] completely lacking in meaning" (BR, 25) is when Bush stated: "First, some ask why Iraq is different from other countries or regimes that also have terrible weapons. While there are many dangers in the world, the threat from Iraq stands alone -- because it ... without warning, and holds an unrelenting hostility toward the United States" (Bush, par.7). At first glance this may not seem like the most obvious choice for meaningless words, but now go back and reread the passage, replacin...

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... to heed." He does not think these are slogans of weakness but of wisdom, and that American leaders need to accept and embrace these ideas. The rest of the documents go on to basically restate much of what was said above. It seems that many experts agree that war is necessary and that the US is justified in going after the ... there are no indications that it will be any different when we confront Iraq. Anyone can sit around and justify another countries actions in response to ours, but one must ask oneself if they would truly feel good about a country like Iraq getting its way. The US i...

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... I can now do so at a level that satisfies at least myself, if not perhaps at a level to convince somebody else (say, a pro-war friend). Where I didn't know what questions to ask myself at the beginning of my research, I feel I can now identify my concerns as the situation in Iraq, in our country, and in the rest of the world progresses. The ... Iraqi oil in the larger oil market and global economic scene to say that it is certainly not the entire picture, nor the driving force for Bush and company to go to war over. From what I understood, it said that part of the Bush doctrine includes...

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... you" and "brave Americans" and culminates in the chiasmus "You believe in America and America believes in you". Extending this theme in the last paragraphs with sentences as "And we go forward with confidence, because this call of history has come to the right country" (l. II 13, 14) or "America is a resolute people who have risen to every test of our ... of argumentation; he presents himself as being attacked and only reacting and leaves a lot of questions unanswered. For example he doesn't talk about how to deal with Iraq after a war, ask weather a war really solves the problems. Bush...

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... Iraq. In addition to understanding there perspective this paper will provide an analysis of the region's sentiment as compared to the New York Times. New York Times "US and allies ask UN to affirm Iraq won't disarm" New York Times "US seek support at home by going back to UN on Iraq." New York Times In both articles of the New ... seemingly continued to publish polls that show that Americans are unwilling to enter any armed conflict against Iraq without US approval. It seems that most Americans are not willing to go to war unilaterally. It also seems that the New York Times is an advoca...

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... city and prevent the British from capturing it (Smithsonian). Americans lacked highly trained troops, they had men without proper weaponry or uniforms protecting the nation's capital (Digital History). You may ask why I believe that the Canadians actually won their only war against the United States, when in fact there are many reasons why. The French Canadians saw some benefits in fighting ... ...

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... hard about who I know that watches the most news in hope to find someone up to date on the situation, one person came to mind, my mother. I called her to ask if she had heard about the slowing of the offensive across seas. She told me she had not heard about the slowing which was a disappointment to me, but she continued ... ...

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... a threat by raising the question that they have not listened for over a decade, why would they listen now, emphasizing the point that action is necessary. Iraq on a Pedestal "First, some ask why Iraq is different from other countries or regimes that also have terrible weapons." At this point in the speech, President Bush asks and then answers a reoccurring question on the ... ...

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... the top stories accompanied by "Iraqis expert at blocking inspectors ; Key question is how much U.S. will put up with before attacking."" on the eighth page. This then forced me to ask the question of, why was the trend reversing itself? Upon further inspection I began to believe that the placement of these articles was done in an attempt to make sure that ... ...

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... . He is in the sky and you're on the ground. Our ground resistance is magnificent. After the air raid, I gave great thanks to God and joined some soldiers to ask how each of them was. While I was doing that, another air attack began. 2 February at 2000 hours." [ The five weeks of intensive air attack had greatly demoralized the Iraqi front ... ...

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... , the Spanish-American War, the defeat of Native Americans and other past glories, including the invasions of Nicaragua, Honduras, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, (when looking at this lets all ask how did this man get voted into office). How does Bush plan to seed Iraq with democracy? He and his administration have not offered any specific plans. It may well ... ...

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... a major risk to the national defence interests of the US, in addition to the neighbouring regions of Iraq. Considering the preceding outcomes that resulted from the war in Iraq, we ask the question "what would be the utilitarian perspective on this war"? After examining the early utilitarianist theories of Bentham and Mill, it is possible to assume a utilitarian would support the ... ...

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... explain the concepts of democracies wanting to fight aristocracy governments. John M. Owen agrees with Choi overall, but explains whether or not democracies tend to go to war with aristocratic or non-democratic governments. Owens explains "The United States' real motives for attacking Iraq may have been complex, but ... 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 that the White House got...

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... of states, and protecting innocent human life as well as defending important moral values. The theory specifies conditions for judging if it is just to go to war, and conditions for how the war should be fought. The six conditions that St. Augustine explains must be satisfied to ... War, Paul Ramsey quotes St. Augustine on 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 ... soul, because God ultimat...

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... reasons for fighting, he develops an anti-war sentiment: "There's no time to grieve in combat, so you just stuff it...You see your friend die and then you go back to work." Tim demonstrates how he fights out of fear and does not reflect on his inner emotions. This deeply affects Tim's personal life when he returns home ... him of feelings, causing him to transform into an unthinking animal that only seeks for survival. He cannot think about the horrors of war, or else it would make him go mad and he would die. Interestingly, in All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul compares war to a dise...

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... what he considers something that he would enhance or grow to the economy. One of Obama's policies is that of a good quality education for all Americans, to allow children to go to colleges and keep the tuition's of the schools low. He refers to the Race to the top program that was introduced and effectively helped the training of teachers in ... previous president for paying for two wars on a credit card. Then Obama goes onto say that he has a clear four trillion deficit plan, which insures that children can afford to go to college and that there would be no tax break to overseas compan...

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... classroom, relaxing with your family, or at work. The next day you're being summoned by military personnel who bark orders, degrade, and threaten you. They go on to dress you in their clothes, cut your hair the way that they want to, take away you're right to free speech, freedom of religion, ... right to assemble, make you wake up when they say, eat when they say, and even go to the bathroom when they say. This is not a return to the late 1960's or 1970's Vietnam era, this is a possibility for the year 2002 and ... soar like men-, he states: "for the strongest woman, on average, is on...

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... be the 1998 bombing of an aspirin factory in Sudan. For my next interview, I wanted to interview an American that was sophisticated with war and this countries power. I decided to go with a high ranked U.S Marines solider: Private First Class Mike Watkins. Watkins generally agreed with everything the country was currently doing, but has questioned many of the actions they have taken ... , I got two very different opinions and beliefs and that is exactly what I wanted. By seeing two view points from the two men, I was able to establish a sort of median to go by. The information I was rece...

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... dealt with we as Americans deal with everyday. We are also a country that opens up it's military and it's country to the world. We let millions of people come and go through this country as they please. We do this knowing that there can be and probably will be many consequences resulting from this. We let people of any color and ... Athens they have differing social classes. Instead of blaming someone for being in poverty they try to help the poor through it. Even though the workingman in Athens has to go to work everyday he still has a say in what happens in politics. Pericles stated t...

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