The Bush and Saudi Connection and Ethics in Politics

             A couple weeks ago I was sitting in my small cell-like dorm room watching the controversial movie, Fahrenheit 9/11. By the way, if you have never seen the movie, I do highly recommend it. As I was watching the movie, a thought popped into my head like when you suddenly remember something you needed to remember but had totally forgotten. I knew right then that this is the topic that I should write about for my final ethics paper. I had pondered on what topic to write on before but nothing was coming. I knew that out of thirty people, the same topics dealing with religion, child labor, death penalty, and abortion were going to be repeated several times and I had no desire to bore the professor. I really wanted to pick a topic that was different. So, here it is, my topic is on the question of how ethical our dear President has been.
             According to dictionary.com, the definition of ethics is "A set of principles of right conduct. A theory or a system of moral values, the study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made by a person; moral philosophy. The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession." Here in the USA, in our very own government we can see questionable behavior in which the majority of Americans are unaware. As I had previously stated, I saw the controversial film, Fahrenheit 9/11, by Michael Moore that made got me question some of the statements made in the film. I researched the accuracy of these statements and found an overwhelming amount of documents supporting the statements on the Internet. Fahrenheit 9/11 is a film showing the connection President Bush and his father, Bush senior, have to the Bin Laden family and Saudi oil.
             To explain the connection I do have to give some background information. In the 1980's, the United States assisted the Saudis financially and militarily in a large buildup of airfields, ports, an...

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