... discourse analysis of proclamations made by the two most recent American administrations, those of Bush and Obama, regarding their foreign policy decisions towards the Middle Eastern countries of Iraq and Egypt. The study uses a qualitative content analytical research method1. Together thirteen representative proclamations containing suitable language for the research were chosen for the purpose of the thesis ... from the aftermath of September 11, 2001 until the present day, comprising thus, Bush's as well as Obama's administrations, and will focus on two deliberately chosen countries,...

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... on lower levels (Craner, 2006). For instance, Craner (2006) explains, that they found the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) in 2002. This program is characterized by not aiding on a government-to-government level, but giving small amounts of money to NGO`s (Craner, 2006). Furthermore, the US Agency for international Development (USAID) invests more than 700 million US- Dollar in Democracy promoting projects ... of peace existed. The liberal community chose several methods to spread democracy. In some cases they intervene with military forces, whereas in other cases they establish...

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... can be declared unbeliever and killed. The activities of the IS in the Middle East point to a straightforward desire to overthrow governments in Iraq and Syria and replace them with Islamic caliphates. According to Boyle (2011), such caliphates cannot be expected to uphold human rights when they ... According to Azumah (2015), civil wars in Syria, the rise of ISIL and its ability to have territorial controls in Iraq and parts of Syria and ineffective government control in Libya have all attracted foreign jihadists from Europe, America and other parts of the world for training. The ... d...

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... . Yet as the Jews were getting 56% of the land and were only 33% of the population, an Arab coalition of Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine went to war with the Jews. (Fraser, 1995) As the Arabs are poorly trained the Jewish side won the war and took ... to the Palestinian cause. The PLO then recognised Resolution 242 and Jordan gave up any claim to the West Bank. In August 1990 PLO support of Iraq in the war against America and its allies (including Arab states) forced a stop to peace sentiment. The linkage between Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein occupation ... Kuwait an...

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... . Yet as the Jews were getting 56% of the land and were only 33% of the population, an Arab coalition of Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine went to war with the Jews. (Fraser, 1995) As the Arabs are poorly trained the Jewish side won the war and took ... to the Palestinian cause. The PLO then recognised Resolution 242 and Jordan gave up any claim to the West Bank. In August 1990 PLO support of Iraq in the war against America and its allies (including Arab states) forced a stop to peace sentiment. The linkage between Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein occupation ... Kuwait an...

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... . Yet as the Jews were getting 56% of the land and were only 33% of the population, an Arab coalition of Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine went to war with the Jews. (Fraser, 1995) As the Arabs are poorly trained the Jewish side won the war and took ... to the Palestinian cause. The PLO then recognised Resolution 242 and Jordan gave up any claim to the West Bank. In August 1990 PLO support of Iraq in the war against America and its allies (including Arab states) forced a stop to peace sentiment. The linkage between Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein occupation ... Kuwait an...

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... Palestinians are outraged at Americans, for letting this onslaught of war go on between them, and not limiting Israel's military power. The "spectators-, (Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon) see this, and their respect for the Western world diminishes, they see that the U.S is supportive of Democracy, yet they are out ... to accomplish in the Middle east that much harder. The United States is too lenient with Israel. Israel ran a series of intense bombing runs on Iraq, claiming to be on a nuclear power plant. Israel's air force was finished with the job within the hour. The site had been completely...

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... boyfriend was Palestinian caused the profilers to be suspicious. Since September 11th, the United States has employed the use of racial profiling in an attempt to apprehend terrorists. However, the government has not considered other important factors that make a terrorist. Instead, it has used racial profiling to detain citizens, question immigrants, and encourage racial backlash at great costs to the ... American citizens . The government has used racial profiling liberally and irresponsibly. What should be a single factor in locating and capturing terrorists has at times become the s...

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... made a small political part of our country more vulnerable to foreign terrorism. In countries such as the Middle East, where hatred for U.S. government and politics are present throughout, embassies see lots of hardships. These same countries store biological/chemical weapons in caches in case of a war ... in the U.S., it is, however, very much at hand in countries such as the Middle East in countries such as Israel, Pakistan, and Iraq. Other "hot spots" for political terrorism outside of the United States are Central Europe (Germany, Austria, and Italy) and East Asia (China ... poorer l...

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... made a small political part of our country more vulnerable to foreign terrorism. In countries such as the Middle East, where hatred for U.S. government and politics are present throughout, embassies see lots of hardships. These same countries store biological/chemical weapons in caches in case of a war ... in the U.S., it is, however, very much at hand in countries such as the Middle East in countries such as Israel, Pakistan, and Iraq. Other "hot spots" for political terrorism outside of the United States are Central Europe (Germany, Austria, and Italy) and East Asia (China ... poorer l...

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... date, rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen; civil uprisings have erupted in Bahrain and Syria; and major protests have broken out in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, and Sudan. Some characteristics of this revolutionary movement are the key role of social media, difference of results in monarchies and dictatorial political setups, and the containment ... months; non-violent Salafis; and violent Salafists and jihadists who, though small in number, have had a major impact in terms of violent attacks in an attempt to destabilize the Tunisian governm...

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... anti-American, vengeful, devious and dangerous. They believe that all young men from Islamic countries are trained to be terrorists or, at the very least, cultivated to despise the American government and what it stand for. Although non-Islamic people groups have legitimate reasons for suspecting Muslims of a unified hatred for the United States, the facts point to a different conclusion: ... Middle East, as is so often the assertion today. For example, could the fear of terrorism instigate terrorism itself? After all, while the intentions of the U.S. during the invasion of Iraq is deba...

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... as human beings; "both sexes have the same origin and, therefore, are given equal rights". Islam even goes to the extent of stating that if a government (Islamic) prohibits women from working , that government has violated Islamic Law. Whyte (a scholar) argues that out of all muslim countries; the countries who have enforced Islamic laws have the lowest rates of female education ... life, but at the same time social life and jobs where limited to women as explained earlier on. The fact that Iran went into an eight year long war with Iraq (1980-1988) turned out to be a positive more towa...

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... the mid 1980's. By this time an entire generation of Palestinian youth has grown up under Israeli occupation, and at the same time they had little faith in the Arab government who tended to view them as a nuisance. And it was with the attempted assassination of Israel's London ambassador that really made the situation explode again. Israeli officials believed the attackers ... for Galilee? and invaded Lebanon, and remained there for three years. Not having accomplished much, Israel withdrew from Lebanon leaving them in the midst of a civil war with a still weak government in power. By t...

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