When analyzing the world’s current situation concerning terrorism‚ it is difficult to say whether the global war on terrorism has been a successful one. Since the September 11‚ 2001 attack on the World Trade Centers in New York City‚ George Bush‚ former president of the United States‚ vowed to defeat terrorism. Eight years later‚ this promise has yet to be fulfilled‚ and even with the help of many countries globally‚ the threat of terrorism is still evident more then ever‚ which questions whether
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My theme investigation examines that countries do not have permanent friends and permanent enemies but only have permanent interests. I have chosen texts from novel‚ short story‚ non-fiction books‚ magazines‚ newspapers and internet sites. The texts describe permanent interests of countries that cause wars to occur‚ the change of alliances and current political policies of countries toward warfare. My report outlines three key connections about permanent interests of countries that I made between
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Iraq and Iran; Cold War Tension is War on Terror’s Motive Particular events that took place during the Cold War would later foreshadow and affect the events during the War on Terror‚ specifically regarding Iran and Iraq. During the Cold War Iraq invaded Iran and thus began the Iran-Iraq War in 1980‚ which would later involve the United States. This would just be the beginning of the affairs the United States would face when providing support for Iraq through this time. To completely understand the
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In Iraq‚ the Kurds have been unwelcome by the governments for many years. As many as 182‚000 Kurds were killed by Saddan Hussein‚ who used chemical weapons and concentration camps against them. The Western world must support an independent Kurdish state as it is responsible for the addition of the Kurds to Iraq. After the first world war‚ multiple Ottoman provinces were annexed by Britain to the newly formed Iraq as a way of main taining religious balance‚ but these predominately Sunni Kurds were
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taken out of context‚ then we laugh at our paranoia and go on. But our demeanor has changed‚ and our words are subtly altered. This is the loss of freedom we face when our privacy is taken from us. This is life in former East Germany‚ or life in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. And it’s our future as we allow an ever-intrusive eye into our personal‚ private lives. I reject the notion that we have to choose between privacy and security‚ and I agree with the oft-repeated quote about the foolishness of sacrificing
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WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF WAR? DISCUSS War is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states or non-state actors. It is generally characterized by extreme violence‚ social disruption and economic destruction. War should be understood as an actual‚ intentional and widespread armed conflict between political communities‚ and therefore is defined as a form of political violence or intervention. The set of techniques used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare. Before
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aggression on protecting their own national interests. In addition‚ the USA further showed that their response to international aggression was based on their own national interests with their invasion of Iraq in March 2003. The USA believed Saddam Hussein to have been harbouring weapons of mass destruction which could be made available to the al-Qaeda to which they invaded with Britain‚ legitimising their actions by again stating it was due to self defence as they perceived themselves to be under
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demonstration of its armies. Instead‚ this paper will argue that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s motives were to free Iraq from the assumed ‘gratuitous debt’ which was procured during the Iran- Iraq war‚ to reconcile Kuwaiti theft of its oil through ‘slant drilling‚’ and to proclaim land that Hussein believed rightfully belonged to Iraq. Although a tough predicament‚ the invasion was an impartial reconciliation path for Iraq and for Hussein‚ considering the factors leading to the strife between the two nations
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northern Iraq in April 1991‚ on the other hand also Somalia in December 1992‚ local public opinion played a significant role in forcing representatives into using force for humanitarian resolutions. In the face of an enormous refugee crisis produced by Saddam Hussein’s domination of the Kurds in the result of the 1991 Gulf War‚ US‚ British‚ French‚ and Dutch armed forces intervened to create a secure safe place for the Kurdish people. According to Cushman in Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq‚ in the
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interesting you are automatically sucked in. Everything on television is brainwashing. For example‚ the war in Iraq was televised. You saw Iraq being bombed and the Americans being the sole winner. You saw what they wanted you to see. You saw Saddam Hussein as a tyrant compared to Hitler‚ and the U.S. being the saving grace to the poor people or Iraq. Most of those people were perfectly happy where they were. They didn’t even want American help‚ and yet the U.S. went over there and bombed them‚ took
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