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    The customs of Iraq and the United States‚ or in more general terms the western world‚ have their differences. Elizabeth experienced trouble adjusting to the Iraqi culture‚ and many individuals in Iraq had trouble understanding the hers. Fatima‚ a woman of El Nahra‚ suffers as we all do‚ from ethnocentrism‚ believing that her culture is “the right one.” The first set of customs that Fatima believes are superior relate to marriage. In the United States‚ it is my opinion that marriages are seen as

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    the fact that an Iraqi terrorist group had recently attacked America in 2001‚ in the 9/11 attacks by a terrorist group‚ led by Saddam Hussein. The negative stereotype around the Iraqi people had led the American soldiers to believe that everybody in Iraq was a terrorist. Hence‚ they tortured the prisoners with the belief that they were doing the right thing. Such kind of instances only demonstrates how violent and dangerous prejudice can be. Bias has also led to other inhuman acts such as

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    SOD McNamara and former SOD Donald Rumsfeld‚ while under Bush’s command. Many have argued that the connection of similar let downs have been revealed when looking at the stance and judgment calls made by McNamara during the Vietnam War and Rumsfeld during the Iraq War. McNamara and Rumsfeld both have similar characteristics‚ in terms of‚ stopping the fight against dictatorship. Both secretaries of defense were fighting in different periods of time‚ yet having such extraordinary parallels. These

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    Iraq & Vietnam: A comparison and contrast Kirkland Young HUMN 410 Professor Harris 11/17/09 Introduction Many pundits who opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq now compare it to the invasion of Vietnam by viewing the daily attacks on U.S. soldiers as indications of repeating mistakes that were made in Vietnam. In their view‚ “the United States has yet again stumbled into a foreign quagmire – a protracted and indecisive political and military struggle from which they are not likely to remove

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    the United States went to war against Saddam Hussein with one goal. This goal was to get the Iraqi army out of Kuwait. The Iraq economy hadn’t been the best and Kuwait had oil‚ so Hussein argued that Kuwait belonged to Iraq and invaded. This invasion started what was known as the Gulf War. Once the U.S. achieved their goal‚ they withdrew and left Hussein in power under one condition‚ and that was for him to eliminate and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs in Iraq. In November 2002 when the

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    Economic Problems The war with Iran made Iraq suffered heavy loss of money and left its economy in ruins. Iraq owed about $80billion in debts to the countries that had supplied it with food and war equipment. The reconstruction of the country also required another $230billion. As a result‚ Iraq had to find ways to pay off the debts and saw Kuwait as a potential solution. Oil Production Iraq’s main source of income was the sale of oil. However‚ oil prices were falling due to over-production

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    Private Security Forces In Iraq The on-going war in Iraq has been a war that has changed the tactics in which war is fought. The war in Iraq has been fought mainly through the use of aerial missiles and by surprise‚ a large number of women. This current war has demonstrated the change of times and the rise of the information age. But the most surprising aspect of the war in Iraq is the large sum of private security forces patrolling Iraq. These private security forces have amassed to around 20

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    is in Iraq and will probably will be there for a while. President Barack while he was still the president tried to remove our military presence in Iraq by about ten thousand troops a day for five months. Iraq is a very dangerous place and no American soldier should be over there in my opinion.The question now is having the military presence in Iraq going to be a good or bad thing. Iraq’s political situation is in a very bad situation and are in a very bad spot. The political shift in Iraq is so

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    1. Was the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 a mistake? The invasion of Iraq is considered by many analysts and historians as a one of the largest military mistakes ever made by the United States. American while maintaining the embargo against Iraq‚ benefited from the repressive government of Saddam Hussein. American attempted to conduct a massive overwhelming invasion into Iraq‚ and rapidly shift to a “Policing Action” still grounded in the “You break it‚ you buy it” mentality that has driven American

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    Country and Culture of Iraq. I will start with the physical specifics of the area: the geographical location‚ terrain and climate. Then I will cover the people who make up this country: the language they speak‚ their ethnicities‚ religions‚ and their nationality. Finally‚ I will discuss major conflicts that have shaped Iraq and disputes between their Country and the United States of America. Before I explore the people that make up Iraq‚ I want to discuss the land itself. Iraq is located in the

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