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    Saddam Hussein

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    worst leaders since World War II, and cause a seven year war between Iraq and other nations. The Iraq War was a conflict in which the United States and coalition forces destroyed the regime of Saddam Hussein to establish a democratic government and stabilize Iraq. Saddam Hussein was a powerful…

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    S. soldiers and hundreds of Somalis. The deaths turned the tide of public opinion in the United States. President Bill Clinton pulled U.S. troops out of combat four days later, and all U.S. troops left the country in March 1994” ("Milestones: 1993-2003 - Office of the Historian," n.d.). The need for humanitarian support was an appropriate reason to intervene in Somalia and aide did continue after all troops were pulled out. The larger consequence was felt on future humanitarian crisis, such as…

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    Causes Of The War In Iraq

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    highlighted causes leading up to the war in Iraq that will be discussed are, September 11th, airport security, and the worlds view terrorism. The effects that will be highlighted and discussed are, American lives lost, countries debt increased, change in Iraqi Government, new terrorist cells, and America having the biggest…

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    Was the American involvement in Iraq Justified? War has been apart of mankind 's history since the beginning of time, but what justifies war? Is war just if one nation attacks another? Is war just if one nation hold a citizen from another nation hostage? War is a brutal way of handling a problem the can solved through conversation and negotiation. The United States (US) involvement in Iraq was not a justified war and we had no reason the set foot in the Iraqi territory. A just war is a war that…

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    Iraq Cultural Diversity

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    Introduction (Done, 149): Iraq is arguably one of the most diverse countries culturally around the world. Iraq's population comprise of a majority of Arabs and Kurds. The remaining people are divided into several other ethnic groups such as Jews and Turkoman (Paulmbo, 2005). This cultural and ethnic diversity has led to an interesting variety of historical and cultural monuments. In recent years, Iraq’s cultural and historical heritage faced a quantifiable level of destruction and damage caused…

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    Reasons of US invasion in Iraq and its Consequences The United States spends $648 billion of the total federal spending on the military. The U.S. has its military presence all around the world, and it is best known for their startle foreign policy. In addition, The Unites States has been involved in several political overthrows such as the intervention of Iraq. An invasion mandated by President George Bush in 2003 causing the death of 4,486 U.S. soldiers and a potential cost of up to $6…

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    In 2003, the United States launched a full-scale invasion on Iraq, only two years after the attack on 9/11. This lead to war almost immediately between Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan against both the United States and the United Kingdom. For eight years, the American government tried to subdue Iraq, ruled by Saddam Hussein at the time, because of an assumption that the Iraqi government was in possession of nuclear weapons and to stop Saddam Hussein’s aggression against his own people, thus attempting…

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    Conflict Intervention

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    A civil conflict has traditionally been defined as “a war between political factions or regions within the same country.” However, it is equally important to take into account conflicts that are peaceful in nature, including religious tensions, non-violent political movements(e.g. imposition of a strong ideology: the war against communism in general for example, although it did contain elements of violence in certain regimes) as well as referendums. In light of the formal definition of a…

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    belief in the importance of multilateralism but, at the same time, they have often demonstrated a desire to act unilaterally . Critically discuss this statement with specific reference to Bush II administration policy towards Iraq Jan 2001 and decision to intervene in March 2003. Unilateralism could be considered as any agenda that encourages one-sided action, and America's foreign policy is almost always based as that. An aspect of US foreign political tool is the 'coalition of the willing'…

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    Cold War Vs Nuclear War

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    Military power restriction with the innovation of nuclear weapon the Clausewitz concept of “absolute war” is finally achievable. This will generate fear and will restraint powerful states from using maximum power to prevail. Thus the victory as a proper outcome to be expected of the use of American arms was intractable for the duration of the cold war, for in very good part, for the reason of the sensible fear of the escalation to nuclear holocaust. So, the only kind of conflict that the United…

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