Saddam Hussein

carrying two wars at the same time; according to Antiwar.com, over 4,400 US soldier were killed in Iraq, and 2,300 in Afghanistan; nor even counting the million wounded soldiers both wars left, plus all the trillions of dollars spent there. Yes, Saddam Hussein was capture, but the Bush administration couldn’t proof how Iraq represented a threat for the world, the weapons of mass destruction were never found, and the oil prices instead of crashing, went up. Why this example is a groupthink? The…

September 11th, 2001 globally altered the processes in which countries assess their national security. From the perspective of international relations – concerning war and conflicts – nations all across the globe are currently enjoying a relative peaceful period in world history. Fewer nations declare war on each other. Since WWII, nations have experienced intense globalization, increased trade, more sophisticated diplomacy apparatuses, and a reverse trend in nuclear weapons proliferation.…

On September 11, 2001, there we nineteen individuals who are members of a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda; they hijacked four of United States airplanes and they used them to attack various targets on the East Coast (Pressler, 2011). Two out of the four hijacked airplanes were flown into the World Trade Center in New York City; the third plane hit the Pentagon that lies just outside of Washington D.C.; and the fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. There were over three thousand people who were…

occurs when a member or members of the group decide themselves to hold back individual viewpoints that deviate from the apparent consensus of the group. George Tenet, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) did not believe there was a Saddam Hussein-Osama bin Laden link. He and the CIA did not find any conclusive evidence to support this claim. Tenet was also aware that the data presented in the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) was flawed and inconclusive yet he did not put up a…

Groupthink and The Past Groupthink is a term that means a group that makes a faulty decision, and it is because the group place’s pressures on an individual that lead to deterioration of a mental capacity, reality testing, or moral judgment( What is Groupthink. (n.d.). Groups that are affected by groupthink ignore various alternatives and tend to take irrational actions that lead to dehumanization to other groups. A group is usually vulnerable to groupthink when the members of it are…

From 1864 to 1865 Andersonville, GA was the site of a huge military prison for the confederacy. It was officially called Camp Sumter and was highly known for its horrible conditions and high death rate. In History.com’s article “Andersonville” it says, “In all, approximately 13,000 Union prisoners perished at Andersonville, and following the war its commander, Captain Henry Wirz (1823-65), was tried, convicted and executed for war crimes.” This camp was highly feared and the conditions in which…

Bosnia was being torn apart by wars and Clinton was successful in sending over peace keeping forces. When Saddam Hussein rejected United Nations inspections for evidence of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, he bombed Iraq (“White House”). He was a global icon and representation for an expanded NATO and welcoming opened international trading. President Clinton…

could be found (Costly). Still the United States was convinced Iraq had terrorist ties, that it was a rogue state, and acted with a group of allies to wage war on Iraq. The initial attack lasted several weeks, and “toppled the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein”(Costly). The Iraqi War was later said to be an illegal and unilateral war, led by the US without the support of the United Nations. This just goes to show how deep the idea of preventive war ran in the United…

Introduction As we know, terrorism is a conflict that incites violence and terror in order to obtain political recognition. This act of terror has been known all over the globe since the 20th Century. The terrorists are a social group that feels oppressed by their own or other government. They believe that the only way they will pay attention to them is by enforcing fear to civilians to make their voices be heard. And, in some cases terrorism is used to mobilize the population or create an…

Iran-Iraq War: Causes & Timeline” by Daniel Vermilya, the Iran-Iraq war started with tension over political points of view. Iran and Iraq were not getting along because of Iran being accepting of western relations and going against people like Saddam Hussein in the Ba’ath party who were in favor of nationalization. Eventually though, the war arose due to territorial disputes. (infoplease.com) Ideally, the United States would hold to their neutrality regarding conflicts between two countries…