... said, "we need to get that bunch that bombed the World Trade Center first- (Karen Tumulty 42). Supporters of invading Iraq believe in President Bush's actions because they would rather have the war on America's terms versus allowing Saddam Hussein to rebuild Iraq's arsenal of mass destruction. For those that ... Americans have been taught that going to war is an act of seeking justice, not necessarily revenge. More American adults rate the job President Bush has done in handling the issue of Iraq over the last several months as positive than negative. The president's approval rating "is h...

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... I believe that support for the war has been misplaced. Many Americans are already angry at the current Bush administration. Bush's presidency began with an uncertainty as to whether Bush was actually the legitimate president. Bush let the greatest act of terrorism against the U.S. happen under his administration which very well may have been ... not answer the problems of the economy any time soon. Definitely not in time to have any great affect on the economy by the time Bush is up for reelection. Now, naturally Iraqi oil being pumped into or economy will provide some type of economic s...

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... began. The world and the United States as the world's leader, was faced with an unprecedented enemy that had to be dealt with. President Bush singled out a few countries as the Axis of Evil and the need to go after regimes that financed and harbored terrorism. The removal of ... unless he surrendered these weapons. However, Hussein adamantly denied these accusations and allowed the return of the Arms Inspectors in Iraq for verification. On Bush's side was British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Together, they demanded the disarmament of Iraq otherwise the president of the United States would ...

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... major disagreements on the invasion. Many people are against the whole idea of war. Some believe that war is for the best and will change everything for the better. The Bush Administration made it seem that we had a legitimate reason to declare war on Iraq. They have told us that Iraq is a dangerous country, hostile, and that they were positive that ... cannot tell us the real reason he decided war, how do we trust him as our leader? Persian Gulf War (also known as Desert Storm) was the war where George W. Bush's father involved the United States into the first war with Iraq in 1991. We...

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... into their cars the better it is for the value of their stock in their oil companies. The invasion of Iraq will could also help the Bush administrations oil tycoons. Prior to the invasion, Iraq sold most of their limited oil contracts to the Russians and French refiners. Leaving very little room ... This left U.S oil company's having to buy their Iraqi oil of the Russian and French refiners at escalated prices. So the invasion of Iraq will benefit the Bush administrations oil interests, as a new regime will lead to the lifting of U.N sanctions thus allowing the U.S oil companies into Ir...

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... terrorism ahead of the economy. "The discussion about Iraq," Bill McInturff, a Republican says, "has prevented the Democrats from coalescing the economic sentiment against Bush and the Republicans." War is going to be a top priority with the Republicans in control of the houses. We can probably expect that if the ... tax cut, scheduled to expire in 2010." The administration also wants to eliminate the double taxation of corporate dividends. With Republicans in the houses Bush will "beef up his domestic record to avoid the fate of his father, who had high approval ratings during the Persi...

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... on 90.7 KPFK, host Amy Goodman had special guest Mohammed Aldouri, who is the United Nations Ambassador to Iraq. They discussed the recent issues reguarding President Bush and his wanting to invade Iraq, due to them refusing U.S. weapons inspectors to search Iraq. Mohammed Aldouri began the interview by saying that he objects to ... Nations do not object to the methods in which they use. But the United States will not accept the decision of the U.N. Aldouri feels that President George Bush is planning to invade Iraq not because of the weapons inspections, but for 3 internal reasons, and...

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... two large operations in the Persian Gulf, Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom, by both father and son. When President George H. W. Bush failed to put Saddam Hussein's power and leadership to rest, his son, the President George W. Bush, succeeded in capturing Hussein and ending undisputed control over Iraq and Kuwait. The first Gulf War was mainly the U.S. stepping into the middle ... of the Middle East. This was the point that Hussein began to realize that he was no longer in control of much of the Middle East. During months of fighting, Bush brought the Soviet Union and ...

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... Security Council resolutions, which include a call for Iraq to disarm its chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs. Iraqi officials rejected Bush's comments (Nation par. 4). The Bush administration says Saddam is intent on acquiring chemical, biological and nuclear weapons to threaten his neighbors in the Middle East. The only ... been destroyed. On March 13, 2002, he wrote: "America claims that Iraq lied to inspectors and still has deadly stockpiles. But the Bush administration has shown little interest in sending the inspectors back. It has used their absence to hype the thr...

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... Security Council resolutions, which include a call for Iraq to disarm its chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs. Iraqi officials rejected Bush's comments (Nation par. 4). The Bush administration says Saddam is intent on acquiring chemical, biological and nuclear weapons to threaten his neighbors in the Middle East. The only ... been destroyed. On March 13, 2002, he wrote: "America claims that Iraq lied to inspectors and still has deadly stockpiles. But the Bush administration has shown little interest in sending the inspectors back. It has used their absence to hype the thr...

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... . Europeans thought the solution was to get a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. But American officials felt a Middle East peace agreement would only be part of the solution. The Bush administration felt that a new start was needed in the Middle East and that Iraq was the place to show that it is democracy, not terrorism, which offers hope. From a structure ... 's statement showed the world, that the United States would no longer have faith in the U.N.'s ability to protect the interest of the American people. This became more evident with President Bush's words on Februa...

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... . That is what the United States government wants you to think, but there hasn't really been any evidence reported that Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. Spokespeople for the President Bush, such as Vice President Dick Cheney, have argued that Hussein is armed and dangerous but have yet to back it up with proof. Instead, the President and his advisors just ... to members of Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda. So by attacking Hussein will aid in the battle against terrorist so things like the September 11 attacks won't happen again. President Bush has reported that Hussein has ties t...

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... evil but with the right leaders and guidance war on terrorism can be justified and it should happen. The real war on terrorism began after President George Bush declared war in response to the attacks on September 11th. As stated by the American government, the war should be approached with caution and it should ... with armies of fire fighters and police and doctors on the streets of our cities", these exact words from President Bush stated that we were going to retaliate in order to defend our country. Bush also stated, "To disarm Iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from g...

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... answer for the United States when there are so many problems that we are already plagued by? There are an abundance of reasons for war but I do not think President Bush has attained a good enough reason to invade Iraq. I"m sure that Iraq is hiding weapons of mass destruction and Iraq needs a regime change, but can the U.S. handle the unpredictable economy and ... 1994 to hold N. Korea's nuclear facilities in exchange for energy supplies. Pyongyang the leader of N.Korea has resumed his nuclear program. Bush has halted the exchange of energy supplies to Pyongyang and hopefully the necessi...

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... and world history; it marked a change in foreign policy of America, moving from a defensive military policy, to one of pre-emptive war. President Bush sent our armed forces overseas to overthrow Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. In the weeks leading up to, and after the deployment of our troops, there ... chemical, biological and nuclear weapons", which hints that he had strong intelligence that Iraq had a cache of banned weapons. This supports the claim by the Bush administration's claims that Iraq has, or has the capability to produce chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons. We have no...

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... there is no existing evidence of Iraqi" possession of nuclear weapons nor any intention to use such weapons. In fact, Bush and his cabinet's real intention is to assert the U.S. domination and control of Iraqi's oil wealth. When being asked why the U.S. is fighting Iraq ... to allow any inspection of its own factories. In fact, last month North Korea confessed possession of the weapons of mass destruction; "how could President Bush go to war against one tyrant because he might be developing nuclear weapons while negotiating with another who just admitted that he has them?" (Calabresi, ....

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... caused a great deal of hardships for both countries. The most noticeable reason for this is that we are losing members of our troops. President Bush assumed that Iraq was withholding weapons of mass destruction, but they are yet to be found. Also, the U.S. government has spent incredible amounts of ... deal of stress and worry on a person. People are increasingly losing loved ones, but the government insists on sending more troops to Iraq. President Bush signed a bill passed by Congress for funds to secure Iraq and rebuild Afghanistan after touting a new policy to spread democracy throug...

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... think whether we should to support or oppose the war. I feel by opposing this war, we can answer whether or not president Bush is telling the truth. Opposing reasons like the greed of oil, the millions of dollars, and if the war is still about terrorism. When president ... I think this war has nothing to do with the war on terrorism and that its basically for the huge natural resource of oil. I find president Bush to be very greedy, because this is the 21st century and there are many ways to solve the problem with our energy resource problem. Another problem arising ... are the billions...

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... in the form of a declaration to a free Iraq, liberating it from the "evil dictator". Despite these claims, numerous insinuations, directed towards Bush and his administration suggested that the primary objective in the invasion of Iraq had to do with securing the nation's abundance of petroleum reserves. Terry ... percent believed it was to establish democracy, while about half thought it was "to rob Iraq's oil." Negligent of the clear facts, the Bush Administration refused to acknowledge that oil played as a factor in the Iraqi military invasion. Instead of receiving clear facts, the m...

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... full-scale war on Iraq and the Saddam Hussein led regime by uttering just two simple words. "Let's go," President George W. Bush said to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfield Wednesday at the close of a nearly four-hour meeting in the Oval Office. The war on Iraq ... that Hussein has been building and harboring "weapons of mass destruction" into Iraq. This problem goes as far back as the early "90's when former President Bush initiated the Gulf War on account of very similar issues. Aside from not letting U.N. inspectors into Iraq, Hussein has been a brutal dictator towards his own people .....

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... water. All these things are necessary to survive and flourish. But tell me, what exactly are we fighting for in Iraq? Sand, oil and what? President Bush has frightened us into believing that Saddam has possession of chemical warfare products and he is going to use them, soon. So what else is new and this ... One reporter said, "Saddam has not done anything different in the past ten (10) years, so why did Bush send our troops over there in a war that is not our own? On an MTV broadcast, President Bush said, "this is the man that tried to kill my father." Could this war be a personal vende...

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... assumed the presidency after that. On March 20th, 2003, the United States and its allies arrived in Iraq, attacking and crippling the Iraqi army as Bush ordered an airstrike on Hussein's compound in Baghdad. In only twenty days, Iraq's capital, Baghdad fell, and soon, Saddam Hussein was captured and executed ... the defector openly admitted that he lied to the CIA to get the United States to attack Iraq and bring down Saddam Hussein. However, George W. Bush publicly announced that Saddam Hussein was purposely provoking the West by avoiding the sanctions and embargos set on Iraq. This war ...

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... it does not specify who the U.S. is fighting, which all bear similarities to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. To begin the War in Iraq President Bush merely sent congress a proposition for war, and within days the war began just as President Johnson had done before. Beginning with The Gulf of Tonkin ... whom the United States is fighting. The proposed resolution actually allows the military to venture into the Middle East, in places other than Iraq. Under the Bush resolution, the President has allowed, on his own initiative, to invade Iran, Saudi Arabia or Israel, if he considered it to be...

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... an urgent need to rebuild the infrastructure and restore essential services within that country. The estimate cost of reconstruction could reach $100 Billion. I believe that the $ 87 billion that the Bush Administration is asking for will cause an economic down for the American tax payers. This money should be a loan to the country and not a grant as the ... powers are still holding back because they want they want the Iraq's to exercise more control. "The U.N. Vote on Iraq" Editorial. New York Times 17 October 2003: A12. The grant Bush Administration is asking for would leave the Ameri...

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... that an Iraqi-led government would be established "as soon as possible". However, this commitment shrank in the following months. On May 1, 2003, President Bush anounced the end of combat in Iraq and now nearly 9 months later we still have over 100,000 americans fighting to stay alive on a daily basis ... who spoke out against him during the conflict. Many Iraq citizens were beaten, tortured and killed under Saddams orders. Americans in agreement with the Bush Administration and the occupation say it is our duty to make sure we do not allow these atrocities to happen again. Another issue...

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