Essays on Iraq War

In the research, the broader question that will be the foundation of the study is “Why did the U.S. invade Iraq in 2003?” However, the narrower question that was derived from the broad topic concerns the role of geopolitics in the Iraq invasion. For this reason, the question that the research topic will seek to answer regards geopolitics in the U.S. and how this political concept contributed to the attack. The research question will first define geopolitics. Collin described geopolitics as the concepts of space, scale, network, territory, region, and place that influence international politics (17). Also, the author ...

The Middle East history has a high number of full-scale, inter-state wars, such as the wars due to Arab-Israeli conflicts, Yemen war, and Iran-Iraq war. The Arab-Israel conflict has two elements to it, which are the Israeli-Palestinian element and the Israeli-Arab element. At the end of the 1800s, the Promised Land was set up so that the Jewish people can overcome the anti-Semitism and persecution and the migration of Jews to the Promised Land created issues. During WWI, the British convinced the Arab Leaders to revolt against Ottoman Empire as they support Germany, in return for which the British ...

Iraq

Introduction The period between 2003 and 2011 is a duration that will remain in the history of Iraq for decades to come. It was a period characterized by unprecedented levels of violence and political disorder whereby there was a strong influence exerted on Iraqi politics by foreign powers. The same period witnessed the American-led military troop invasion of Iraq, in an exercise that overthrew Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party governance. The year 2011 marked the end of nearly decade-long fight when the US troops left the country. After the invasion, there were efforts to reconstruct Iraq. However, the ...

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Establishment of Jewish homeland in Palestine Stability of the Middle East remains questionable up to nowadays. An important part of the Middle East conflict is the struggle for the control of Jerusalem between the Jews, Christians and Muslims. In the field of International Politics, it can be considered to be a very deep-rooted conflict. It was considered, and remains to be, one of the most widely- and passionately-debated conflicts in the Middle East. ‘The Arab-Israeli conflict in the modern era is now in its 67th year (1948-2015), and is paralyzed’ (Anderson 2015). In my opinion, it can be explained ...

The Persian Gulf War in 1991 involved 39 countries, the US included, on one side and Iraq; this conflict was caused by the latter's attack on Kuwait. In contrast, the Iraq War, which begun in 2003, was an invasion of Iraq by US and British forces. Both wars were because of the Iraqi government’s failure to comply with UN regulations: during the Gulf War, the government declined to withdraw its troops from Kuwait, and in the Iraq War, it failed to allow UN weapon inspectors to audit its facilities. Operation Desert Storm, the military name for the Gulf ...

Introduction and Thesis Statement

St. Aquinas believes that way is sinful and waging war is unjust. He argues that “those who take to sword will die by the sword.” According to him, war is a detriment of peace and therefore a sinful endeavor. However, St. Augustine explains the validity and the justifiability of war. He believes that war, to some extent, is just and necessary (White 269). However, for a war to be just, it has to follow three conditions. A just was must that that has been sanctioned by the highest authority. It will be unjust to wage war at a personal ...

U.S. Position in the Post-cold War ERA U.S. Position in the Post-cold War ERA

The post-cold war saw the rise and growth of the Western liberalism and capitalism. The fall of the great communist powers gave the opportunity for capitalism to thrive in the world. The era of cold war was a struggle for power, where international political economy the struggle for power and wealth was witnessed and is still present to date. The struggle for power is what creates chances for conflict in the world, “the changes in the distribution of power between states increase the chance of ...

The modern world is divided into two major geopolitical axes concentrated around the Middle East. One of the axes consists of the countries that resist to Israel (Iraq, Lybia, Syria, Russia, China, Iran, Palestine), and the other one includes its supporters (the USA, Saudi Arabia, France, UK, Egypt, Turkey). The aim of this paper is to analyze the reasons that divided the two geopolitical axes and united each of them at the local, regional, and international levels in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lybia, and Palestine-Israel wars. Palestine-Israel conflict has a long story. After the end of the Shah monarchy in ...

At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA is a memoir written by George Tenet and Bill Harlow. The chronicle focuses on the CIA happenings before and after the September 11 2001 Islamic terrorist attacks. In this memoir, George Tenet gives a real life account of his works as the director of the CIA and a chronological order of how things happened during his term as the chief of the Criminal Intelligence Agency. Tenet was the Director of the Criminal Intelligence Agency of the year 1997 to 2004. He writes a book where he recounts the ...

Introduction

Australia is one of the many countries in which moral panics have resulted to elevated racism. The concerns about crime and the fear of crime in many Australian cities including Sydney have greatly shaped lifestyles and have influenced the qualities of life. It is evidently that crime in many Australian cities is continually being linked to immigrants and other ethnic minorities. In Australia, in the recent years, the issue of crime committed by ethnic minorities and immigrants has been the subject of many media headlines and has greatly shaped policies, both domestic and international. The 9/11 attacks in the ...

The post-cold war saw the rise and growth of the Western liberalism and capitalism. The fall of the great communist powers gave the opportunity for capitalism to thrive in the world. The era of cold war was a struggle for power, where international political economy the struggle for power and wealth was witnessed and is still present to date. The struggle for power is what creates chances for conflict in the world, “the changes in the distribution of power between states increase the chance of conflict in the international system (Gilpin 1918).” The power shift from dominance by the ...

Foreign policy refers a policy that is used by a government while dealing with other states. This policy is designed to accomplish government objectives. Herrmann proposes the following personality characteristics as necessary in assessing the foreign policy orientation of a leader. These include beliefs, motives, decision style and interpersonal style often divided into two, paranoia and Machiavellianism. President Obama’s foreign policy orientation include, rescue missions involving hostages, targeted captures as well as killings in different states. He issues orders on how such missions are to be conducted through the Defense Department. This trait is portrayed in the decision ...

INTRODUCTION

In 2001, New York City wakes up to horrific attacks caused by the al-Qaeda terrorist of September 11, on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon buildings. As a result, the political leaders declared a "war on terrorism" which was to include more than 60 countries as enemies and planned to last for fifty years. In the same year, President Bush allocated $379 billion in Pentagon budget that included $48 billion for fighting terrorism. The parameters and nature of the war on terrorism, however, continue to be frustratingly unclear. The war on terrorism contained elements of war and non-war. ...

How have leaders gained the consent of their peoples to wage wars?

Leaders have adopted several tactics and strategies in order to gain the favor of their people into an expeditious war. Beginning from the firs world are, through the second, the Vietnam wars and the War in Iraq, leaders have instigated critical lenses and justifiable course of action to engage in such wars. Considering World War II, Hitler adopted a nationalistic ideology in order to influence the consent of its people. Hitler’s assertion was spearheaded by a stronger message that Germany should return back its lost glory during the First World War. Adolf Hitler formed Nazi Party, whose main ...

George Bush took over the office in the January of 2001 from Bill Clinton. There were several gains from the previous government that the country realized from various sectors of the economy. Productivity gains which were around 1.6% in the period of 1970 were now averring at around 3% when Bush was coming into office (Budget 32). The manufacturing sector was now having a productivity of more than 7% (Budget 33). During the Bush administration, many activities were happening in the country, and it was being affected negatively. The most prominent events were the Iraq war and the erosion ...

Introduction

Patty Murray is the incumbent senior Senator of the United States for Washington State. She was born on October 11th, 1950. She has been a senator since January 5th, 1992 to date. She is a vocal member of the Democratic Party. She broke the record by being the first female senator in Washington. She is currently serving her fifth term, expected to end in 2016. However, she announced that she will run for the sixth term in 2016 (Brunner 2014). She has previously been known for her advocacy of children issues and investment in education. During her terms since ...

As humans, we consider ourselves as the only rational species. We take rational decisions based on facts and probability. We do not do anything which goes against our interests. We also have empathy towards each other. We have a conscience which does not allow us to deter ourselves from the righteous path. Still, like any other species, we fight and quarrel which sometimes might result in physical injuries or even death. Fighting can occur at different levels; individual level, society level, state level or the state system level. On an individual level, our fighting nature may be attributed to ...

The First Gulf War, otherwise known as the Persian War, was an unfortunate event in the Middle East. Iraq was on the verge of achieving peace with Iran when Hussein invaded Kuwait, which was widely regarded as an act of aggression by neighboring countries and the world. Land, air, and naval forces came to the aid of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in an effort to contain the situation. Unfortunately, the results of the First Gulf War resonated for many years afterward. There were many countries involved in the First Gulf War, including but not limited to the Argentina, Bahrain, ...

A reflection on the United States elections held in the years 2004, 2008, and 2012 depicts a wider array of resemblances and differences. The differences are mainly related to the campaign issues that were dwelled on during these elections. To be precise, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were the main notable concerns in the 2004 and 2008 campaigns. In the year 2004, the incumbent president; Bush ran a smear campaign against his main contender; Kerry. Nonetheless, Kerry’s campaign was a pro Afghanistan and Iraq war campaign; hence, he was seen as a war hero. This is because a significant proportion of Americans ...

The U.S. Victory in Vietnam: Lost and Found

The Iraq war and its insurgency has been likened to Vietnam’s insurgency, the U.S. also faces an equal defeat. Contrarily, people in support of the Iraq war state that Vietnam and the U.S do not share any similarity with the defeat of the U.S. in the Vietnam War.

The U.S. is very dissimilar with Vietnam War, the U.S. won in 1973. It has been argued in two prisms: the Chinese Revolution has been likened to Indochina; the conflict was a Vietnamese Revolution and this was not a threat to the ...

United States of America went into a war against Iraq early in the 21st century. It was with the claims of possible possession of chemical weapons by the Saddam Hussein regime. The actual facts never came forth.

However, this war proved to be one of the most expensive affairs United States of America had to confront. The causalities are too much more than those that were suffered in the Vietnam War. The killing of Iraqis on a daily basis is a normal event of the Iraqi society, and this can be owed to the overall miss adventure of United States of ...

Fourteen years after the Twin Towers terrorist attacks in New York City, questions linger about the wisdom of sending American troops to Iraq almost immediately afterward. Was the decision to go to war against Iraq justifiable, or has it proved to be a pointless, costly war with disastrous consequences? The incontrovertible evidence has shown that the Iraqi War fits the latter definition for three distinct reasons. It is my opinion that the American-led invasion of Iraq was a bad decision because it was unjustifiable to begin with, caused sectarian violence that has still not abated, and has been costly in terms ...

The three most important Pivotal Events are:

- United States Founded 1776 - Iraq War 2003 – 2011 - Obama Presidency 2009

United States Founded 1776

The year of 1776 is very important in the history of United States. Most importantly the date of 4th July 1776, as it is on this date that The American Declaration of independence was issued and USA found its independence. In this year the country marked the official beginning of its nationhood and declaration of independence. The world saw the birth of the super power and the country that would be prove to be the strongest economy on the face of the ...

Iraq Under Siege: The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War, by Anthony Arnove, is a book that gives us a vivid description of the war situation in Iraq. The Iraq war is a fight between two giants that are only concerned about their personal interests rather than that of the people. Apart from subjecting the people of Iraq to a lifetime of war, the author reveals of how the sanctions placed against the people continue to affect them socially and economically. Reading the book, one is more drawn to the suffering of children and women who have no idea of why the war ...

Q1. The World War II took a diverse form. The film attempted to construct suspense the same as propaganda to convey ideas in support of the associated cause. The central government was responsible for propaganda and publicity in the Second World War. The effect was of consternation was desirable in the government.

Q2. Some of the conflicts that followed in the years after the end of World War II are; millions of Japanese and Germans were expelled from their native territories. Problems that lasted for a long time caused tension in East and West Germany which led to the creation of ...

Heath offers insights for use in the dissertation study for investigating any difficulties in the area of Americans learning Arabic. This study specifically addresses the learner and his/her creativity in Arabic communicative competence as it applies toward competently completing both the DLI course and the OPI (Heath, 1987).

Alptekin (2002) discusses the notion of communicative competence that suggests that native-speaker competence is the metric by which communicative competence is decided. Alptekin argues that this particular norm creates an unrealistic and utopian model for language learning that makes it impossible for SLA to be considered complete or sufficient. Native speakership ...

On the 20th of March, 2003, the Unites States of America launched an offensive against Iraq. This war was called as “Iraqi Freedom Operation” and led to the defeat and eventual capture of the Iraqi President and Baath Party leader Saddam Hussein. The war lasted only ten days but the consequences were far reaching, echoes of which can still be felt today. It has also proved to be a long, protracted and expensive war for the US with many analysts terming the situation as a quagmire for the US as well as its allies. It was the second war that the ...

Since 9/11, the Middle East has been plagued by numerous military operations led by the United States as an attempt to eliminate all terrorists or insurgents aiming to disrupt peace for their selfish gain. Any nation supporting these terrorists would be included in the assault and its government would be replaced with a more people centered leadership much like in the West. However, the other side would not give in easily, causing many to flee their countries and one of these countries is Iraq. Aside from the civilians who are caught in the cross fire, there are those who seek ...

Intelligence Failure: The Iraq War

Introduction Failure in a country’s Intelligence system often leads to devastating outcomes. The Americans and the British experienced Intelligence failure concerning the issue of Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). This failure came up in diverse forms that would have made it difficult to realize that there was a problem within the Intelligence system. Even so, several lessons were learnt from the intelligence failure thus prompting the US government to make certain changes that would be beneficial to the country in the long run.

According to Mockaitis (2012), the intelligence shortcomings mainly arose from the fact that there ...

War in Iraq, is one of the controversial events in history of American wars. It takes two to tango, and this is the case of the war in Iraq. For a war to start there should be some driving forces or effects. The justification for the Iraq invasion remains quite unclear despite the prior consequences that came with the war. The invasion was suggested to have begun following the 9/11 attack of World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001. Americans attacked Iraq in 2003 and toppled Saddam’s dictatorship, and seven years later the war came to end (Mahnken and ...

In March 20th, 2003, America started on of the longest wars in the world. The American forces invaded Iraq without warning and triggered the beginning of the war. There were claims by the United Kingdom and the United States of America that, Iraq was in possession of weapons of mass destruction (WPM) and thus was a threat to their security and to the coalitions in the region (Blair, 2002). The United Nations monitoring, verification and inspection commission (UNMOVIC) had conducted a thorough search and verification in Iraq prior to the attack to ascertain this claim. They found no evidence of ...

This scandal took place at the time of Iraq War from late 2003 to the early period of 2004.This scandal entailed cases of human rights violation by the soldiers and the Central Intelligence Agency of the U.S. The soldiers tortured the prisons in Abu Ghraib prison. The prisoners were tortured, raped, sodomized, physically and sexually abused by the military personnel of the U.S Army. This scandal came to the attention of the media early in 2004 when the Taguba report was released. This attracted the public attention in April 2004.The aspects of torture and abuse by the military of ...

- What causes climate change? Define the Greenhouse Effect

Greenhouse gases (GHG) allow sunlight to enter the atmosphere and absorbs the heat produced by that light. Most of this heat energy is trapped within the atmosphere by the GHG while some of them are let out into the space. The phenomenon of atmospheric heating due to the GHG is called as the greenhouse effect. Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases form the greenhouse gases. Burning of fossil fuels, manufacturing processes, decay of organic matter, agricultural industries and emission of synthetic fluorinated gases from various ...

Inequalities in terms of religion, race, age, sexual orientation, and gender has a deep-rooted history, yet is rarely openly discussed in the past even by those who directly experience discrimination. Women were discriminated upon when it comes to employment during World War I and continued on to World War II. There was initial fear that men could lose their jobs or affect men’s wages when they return to work as the government also provided the same salary to women who performed men’s jobs. With the continued employment of women, instances of discrimination increased and solidified resulting to women ...

Introduction

The Iraq war is one of most significant events of recent times. War on Iraq was imposed on Iraq by United States of America and its allies. The war was started on the pretext of weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein’s involvement in terrorist activities against America. America and allied forces alleged that Iraq is a treat to America and world because of its involvement in making weapons of mass destruction. This paper aims to propose a discussion on war on Iraq and presents a firsthand account of the war on Iraq.

Background

The attack of 9/11 raised serious concerns over ...

Summary

The book, “Adam Smith in Beijing,” was written by Giovanni Arrighi. In his work, Giovanni portrays how China has extraordinarily risen over the years hence inviting the reassessment of the concept of “The Wealth of Nations”. In the eighteenth century, Adam Smith made predictions that eventually there would be equalization of power existing between the West and the territories conquered by the West. The book vividly explains the growth of capitalism from the days of Iberian Peninsula, Genoa, Venice, the Dutch Empire, the Spanish empire to today’s United States. Thus, the book provides a detailed explanation of the interconnections ...

The demonetized biased supportive nature of Gulf War is often seen in books and interviews with scholars published internationally. However, the debate demands an unbiased background that gives a person living in 21st century the eyes to understand the before and after of the Gulf War era. The chain of essential events is long and begins from the very start of 20th century but it is better to start with the political relations between the two main stakeholders, U.S and Iraq. The United States of America knew about the strength of the relationship between Iraq and Soviet Union in the ...

Abstract

Fuelled by the protests that marred the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the 1979 Energy Crisis was caused a decline in oil production in Iran. The attack Iran by Iraq under the leadership of Saddam Hussein worsened the situation. Attack of Iran by Iraq almost brought to a halt oil production in Iran. The attack also causes a severe reduction in oil supply by Iraq. The 1979 Energy Crisis had a colossal impact on both the oil producing and oil consuming states. Nonetheless, the oil-consuming states such as the United States were more affected. The reaction of the populations affected by the crisis were characterized ...

Different cultural population that includes Muslims, Christians and the Jews inhabited the Palestinians land. Muslims were approximately 86%; Christians were 10% and Jews were 4% in the population. These communities had lived in peace for a long period until the rise of Zionism. In 1800s, a European group decided to colonize this land with the objective of creating a Jewish community. Increased Jewish migration from Europe to the Palestinian land increased when Hitler rose into power. Zionist increased migration to Palestine raised alarm to the indigenous population of Palestinians an event that led to conflict and genesis of war between the Jews ...

The main objective of this paper is to answer two separate questions: What are the roles played by media in conflict resolution or exacerbating conflicts across the globe? And how the influences of the media did contributed or exacerbate the war on Iraq and ethnic violence in Kenya that took place in the year 2007 after the election. Considering researches conducted concerning the media and conflict resolution, media and peace and media a tool of information that is also presumed to be the source of power, it is possible to justify the fact that media is the most significant tool, ...

Iran-United States Relations

Abstract This paper is on the topic of relation between the global superpower the United States of America and the Islamic republic of Iran. This paper will discuss the various events and their timeline in the history of this relation. The paper will identify the sources of conflict between these countries and the impact of these conflicts on these countries. The paper will cover events from 1953 to present and the role played by the United States in the development and changes in Iran in past 60 years. Finally, the paper will summarize the events with information in ...

The experiences of these Iraq war veterans in terms of the combat they did, injuries that tried to defeat them and their post-war experiences had a great impact towards the peace in Iraq. When Staff Sgt. Gregg Bumgardner was interviewed he stated that his experience in Iraq was one of the most important things that he did in his life. This can be true as he was part of one of the most crucial military operations in history. His experience shaped his behavior in many ways in terms of living his everyday life facing a life-threatening job. Meanwhile, Maj. P.K. Ewing ...

Film Studies

The movie, Farenheit 9/11, directed by Michael Moore is a documentary which tries to critically view America’s ‘War on Terror’ when George W. Bush was the president. The movie was released in the year 2011 and mainly investigates the aftermath and the reasons for this terrorist attack. The movie targets the then U.S. President, George W. Bush and the Iraq war. The movie has investigated the manner in which the lives of ordinary American citizens have been impacted as a result of the Iraq war. It investigates the class inequities which always puts pressure to the lower class to ...

Introduction

Iraq War is one of modern world’s most long lasting conflicts. Having started in 2003 with the invasion of the U.S. armed forces in Iraq in 2003, aiming at changing existing political regime of Saddam Hussein, and ended only in 2011, the war was concerned with variety of long-term effects-related events for the people of Iraq, namely extremely high costs of the war, severe humanitarian crises and wide range of human rights abuses, being committed by Iraqi government, coalition forces and private contractors, as well as insurgent groups. With these events of war in mind I will be ...

The Iraq War lasted officially from 2003 up to 2010 and it is one of the most controversial issues in the local and global political agendas. Various assessments by authoritative scholars on this war have varied in their results since they vary from the top most degree of appraisal to the highest levels of condemnations. In general, it is very difficult to assess accurately the internal situation in Iraq since there are many unexpectedness and ambiguity. In addition, Iraq can either fail or succeed. The Iraq invasion in 2003 (20 March to 1 May 2003) was the beginning of ...

Goal setting and Attainment

Goldratt E. M. and Cox J wrote one of the most engaging books in the business fraternity when the co-authored “The Goal: A process of ongoing improvement”. Published in 1992, this book continues to be one of the best even in the current business environment. The book by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt, originally published in 1984, revised in 1992 and 2004 has become a book for case studies in colleges and operations in businesses. The focus is usually towards bottlenecks, how to alleviate or get rid of them in the actual and real life and the Theory of Constraints. It ...

The Control Room is a really irresistible documentary of interest that features a very exceptional as well as rare view into the manner in which the international communities perceive the war at Iraq. The documentary was produced in the year 2004 to covers Al Jazeera and its associations with the United States Central Command. It also covers other news groups that also covered the war at Iraq. The documentary film was the work of an Egyptian-American filmmaker known as Jehane Noujaim. Among those in the video are; Lieutenant Josh Rushing, the officer in charge of the media dealings at the US ...

The relevant context of this case is the opportunity cost of economic stability to that of the cost of war. Critics of the war have argued that if the United States had opted not to take part in the war, their economy would have continued to perform very well. The critics of the war have given several reasons to justify their claims. The assumptions below explain some of the reasons given to explain the adverse effects of war against Iraq. One of the reasons that have been given to explain how the war on Iraq affected the America ...

Introduction

This paper seeks to evaluate the play Bengal Tiger in Baghdad presenting different angles from which the play write presents his case on human interaction and reaction to circumstance. Themes in the play are of sin and redemption that arise due to continuous violence unto its conclusion.

Body

The play is set in the year 2003 in Baghdad backdrop of the Iraq war. It aims to explore themes that are universal in nature. This are themes to do with sin and redemption caught up in a sequence of unending violence that is realized from the beginning of the play set to ...

What justification did Iraq give for its invasion and occupation of Kuwait in August 1990?

For seven months Saddam occupied Kuwait thus resulting in the first Gulf War as US led forces worked to push the Iraqi military out of Kuwait. Many people have given different reasons as to why Saddam invaded Kuwait but it is believed that he wanted to set Iraq free from the ‘gratuitous debt’ he assumed they had accrued during the Iran – Iraq war, to reconcile the theft of their oil by ‘slant drilling’ from Kuwait and to proclaim as theirs the land he believed to rightfully belong to Iraq. Amidst all the reasons that may have led to the ...

The world has been witnessing the most striking uprisings of recent times in the Arab nations where the masses have united to channelize their protest against the baleful clutches of the governances which according to them aim to curb them of their basic human rights. The people have come forward and formed resistance in form of organizations and have decided to shake the authorities from the core in order to secure their human rights and rights as citizens of the land. They have got involved politically and have vowed not be step back until the demands are fulfilled. In a ...

MGT 3100

Dr. Frank Abstract The United States of America has been led by numerous leaders with varying leadership and management qualities since attaining independence in 1778. The current American President Barrack Hussein Obama goes down in history as the first African American to become the American president since its establishment by the founding fathers. Obama has drawn a lot of controversies especially with his gay rights advocacy as well as snubbing his motherland Kenya during his African tour. George Walker Bush was the 44th president of the United States of America and Obama’s predecessor. Bush is the ...

Introduction and Causes of the Budget Deficit

The United States Budget Deficit has been in the news recently. This is because of the huge gap between revenues and expenditure that has resulted in a budget deficit of more than a Trillion Dollars each year. The situation was not so bad during the last decade when under President Clinton; the US actually ran a budget surplus. However, once President Bush took over, the budget surplus turned into a deficit mainly because the US was paying for the Iraq war that was very expensive and extended the tax cuts for the rich, which meant that the government went without the tax revenues. ...

Middle Eastern Political Dilemmas?

Is Military Intervention the Solution to Middle Eastern Political Dilemmas? The Middle Eastern region is currently ranked as one of the highly dangerous areas in the globe. Both Israel and Egypt have offered suggestions to the Security Council to denote the Middle East as a nuclear-free zone. Discussions regarding agreements to ban biological and chemical weapons along with questions associated with the preservation of the environment are in the works. But instead of focusing attention in a futile manner on isolated problems, the Great Powers including America must consider the rearrangement of the political setup of the Middle East. However, ...

Introduction

The war in Iraq has been seen to have been there for a long time. The wars have been speculated to have been caused by the strife to have oil in the two countries. This has been seen to have effects on the relations of Iraq in the UAE. This paper will focus on the history of the wars in Iraq.

Persian Gulf Wars

The first episode of the Gulf War was in the year 1991. This took place between January and February that year. This was a conflict of the armed forces between Iraq and a coalition of 32 nations. The coalition included the ...

The American war on Iraq has been one of the most controversial topics. It has been difficult to lay decisions based on this war in a blatant manner. While there are people vouching for the war, another group seems to think that the war is unfounded. This has led to upheavals by civic groups against this war. Consequently, President Bush of the United States of America has always been forced to explain his stand regarding the war. Whether or not the reasons given for this war are satisfactory remains an individual decision. Decisions always have consequences, and this statement has ...

Introduction

The hubris documentary: selling the Iraq war by Rachel maddow was a movie aired on the tenth anniversary of selling of the Iraq war. It tells the story of how the American presidential administration deceived America into war by expanding the powers of the executive branch. The movie reveals the animosity of America towards Iraq. The movie starts with a striking resemblance to the 2008 series titled bush’s war. The neo-cons were eager to invade Iraq. They lay down their strategy to the bill Clinton the then president. They say that the magnitude of the threat which depends for ...

‘History repeats itself” is a common phrase that has been used for years to mean that what happens in the past has a way of haunting the future. Individuals who do not remember history are most likely condemned to repeat it. The film clearly explains the fictional weapons and web of deceit constructed by President Bush and his allies to justify the invasion of Iraq. Secondly, the consequences suffered because of the war were thousands of civilian lives were lost and soldiers’ lives put on line because of a fraudulent case that the United States government was making against Iraq in 2002-2003. ...

This essay will compare the views of former Vice-President Dick Cheney and Vice-President Joe Biden on several important issues that affect America. The issues that will be tackled are the war on terrorism, foreign policy and domestic policy.

Views on how to pursue suspected terrorists

For Vice-President Cheney, he believes that suspected terrorists should be subjected to harsh interrogations, like water boarding and warrantless electronic surveillance because these are essential moves to prevent more attacks such as the 9/11 attack. Vice President Cheney thinks that the problem of terrorism should not be treated as if it is a law enforcement problem because it is actually a military problem . ...

In the 1980s, there was a lot of tension in the Middle East. There was a brewing conflict between Iraq and its neighboring countries. America played a huge role in the rising tension that led to the Gulf War. America had had a lot of interest in the Middle East as its demand for oil resources increased. Therefore, Americans wanted to develop economic ties with some Middle East states so that they would develop economic partnerships. In early 1980s, the US had just failed to establish Iran as their main ally in the Middle East. This was after Shah Pahlevi had been ...