President Bush’s justification towards the invasion on Iraq in 2004 explicated that the main reason to invade Iraq was security measures. Bush was terrified for the citizens of his country and the rest of the world‚ as he thought Iraq was in control of nuclear weapons that could harm everyone. However‚ this was not a true reflection of America’s ambitions in Iraq. This essay will prove that America’s intentions into Iraq was largely the fact that Iraq was a major oil source for the world and if America
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the advent of social media today). In this evolving context‚ there are some correlations between the new world‚ new media and new wars. Focusing on Iraq War Logs case‚ can data journalism affect war journalism ? How ? We will first have a brief look at war journalism‚ especially regarding Iraq war. Then‚ we will proceed in the content-analysis of Iraq war Logs‚ and discuss it. LITERATURE REVIEW Some challenges are associated with war’s newsworthiness. Media plays a central role since“ Modern wars
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Explain the causes and consequences of the Iraq War (2003) On the 20th of March 2003‚ US cruise missiles and bombs were dropped on Baghdad‚ Iraq’s capital city. The target was the then Iraqi president‚ Saddam Hussein’s and his closest aides‚ who were believed to be in a meeting. It would be the start of a conflict that would still be going strong seven years later. Even after so many years of US-led invasion‚ the reasons for invading Iraq are still debated worldwide. As Allawi (2007) argues ‘in
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GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS BEHIND THE IRAQ WAR A PAPER BY SAPEO GARDNER Geographic Factors Behind The Iraq War Many people have seen this war between Iraq and Kuwait as the starting point of everything that has been going on in the recent years between the United States and Iraq. The focus of this paper is on the geographical factors behind the war between Iraq and Kuwait but first of all I would have to start out with the facts and how the war came about. It all started when Saddam Hussein
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Obama’s Euphemisms: Responsibly Ending the War in Iraq Rationale Euphemisms are used in writing to reduce offenses or disturbances in the audience created by certain words or phrases. Euphemisms are widely used in normal social contexts‚ the media and even politics. Politicians use euphemisms in their rhetoric to lessen the impact of their words to avoid creating alarm and heighten emotions. Political euphemisms often “sugar coat” the real message and do not give an actual portrayal of the message
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The war in Vietnam and the war in Iraq differ in many ways such as; the reason for war‚ US support‚ the cost‚ number of deaths‚ and the time and place. In this essay I am going to compare the Vietnam War with the war in Iraq describing three ways in which the war in Vietnam differs from the war in Iraq. Three ways the two wars differ are the reason for war‚ number of deaths‚ and the cost. The Vietnam War was a war over communism that started in 1950‚ when Ho Chi Minh‚ the national leader of
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Liberalism and Hegemonic Stability Theory As Causes for the 2003 US-Iraq War Many factors went into the decision of United States leaders to enter into war with Iraq in 2003. These reasons can be related to various classical and modern theories on the causes of war between states. Though there are several stances and viewpoints on the righteousness or legality of the war on Iraq‚ an objective eye will notice that the real factors for going to war are neither grounded in righteousness nor law. They
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The country of Jordan is located in the Middle East region of the world and lies at 31 00 degrees north longitude and 36 00 degrees latitude. Jordan is located just north of Saudi Arabia and is also bordered by the countries of Iraq‚ Israel‚ Syria‚ and West Bank. On a more common scale‚ Jordan is just a tad smaller then the more known country of India with 89‚ 213 total square miles‚ also having a 26-mile coastline. The land of the country is mostly dry desert climate in the east‚ with more of a
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Iran-Iraq conflict causes and consequences (1980-88) INTRODUCTION : This conflict began when Iraq invaded iran in 1980 followed by border disputes and Irq’s desire to become dominant Persian Gulf state and the Iranian revolution at that time .but they couldn’t get the control they only occupied some portion of iran and then repelled by iran .Despite calls for a ceasefire by the United Nations Security Council‚ hostilities continued until 20 August 1988. The war finally ended with Resolution 598
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| United States and Iraq Become Enemies | U.S takes over Oil Supply | | | 11/12/2012 | In the beginning stages of the Cold War‚ Truman and Eisenhower administrations thought it would be a good idea to keeping a closer watch on the Soviet Union. The administrations saw that if alliances were made in the Middle East‚ they could help stop the spread of communism and a more powerful anti-Soviet alliance could be formed. With the Middle East on our side not only could the United States
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