many 20th century dictators used a form of totalitarianism to rise and maintain power. totalitarianism describes a government that takes total, centralized state control over every aspect of public and private life ( pattern of interactions) totalitarian leaders, such as saddam Hussein practiced the...

Throughout the last thirty years, many of the people of Iraq have been tortured, forced to relocate their families numerous times, arrested and murdered. Those who stood against Saddam Hussein were punished, in most cases by death. All of this happened under the control of Suddam and we have neither...

The Persian Gulf War On August 2nd, 1990 Iraqi military forces invaded and occupied the small Arab state of Kuwait. The order was given by Iraqi dictatorial president Saddam Hussein. His aim was apparently to take control Kuwait's oil reserves (despite its small size Kuwait is a huge...

On March 19, 2003, United States and British forces began military operations in Iraq. While addressing the nation about the purpose of the war on the day the bombing began, President George W. Bush said, "The people of the United States and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of...

Through what in retrospect seems to be a highly manipulative and dishonest media campaign, George Bush Jr. and the United States armed forces have turned their focus on the "democratization" of Iraq. Once the necessary evidence needed to support the idea that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of ...

The Persian Gulf War Why Did the US Army stop short of Baghdad in Operation Desert Storm and leave Iraqi Shi'ites and Kurds more or less alone to face the wrath of Saddam Hussein? Why did a coalition of over 30 nations find it was necessary to go to war to help Kuwait after it was invaded...

IRAQ VS. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: HOW MUCH LONGER WILL INNOCENT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO DIE UNTIL SANCTIONS ARE LIFTED? In the year 1990 the Middle East was in a tense position after the attack of Kuwait by its Iraq neighbours and its' President Sadaam Hussein. This was only to beginning of w...

CIA Blue Paper: Kuwait Kuwait is located on the Northwest coast of the Persian Gulf in Southwest Asia. It is bordered by Iraq on the Northwest and North sides, and by Saudi Arabia on the South side. The country's total area, including the islands of Bubiyan, Warbah, and Faylakah is...

I believe a war with Iraq would be a mistake. In my opinion Saddam Hussein has done nothing as of yet, to warrant such an attack. However I do believe that Saddam is in the process of hiding or developing weapons of mass destruction, and that steps necessary steps should be taken that he abid...

The state of Iraq has a turbulent history and has rarely stayed the same in its long history of different sovereign rulers over the territory. The battleground for different civilizations over centuries of political and religious rivalry, Iraq now finds itself divided into three distinct groups: the...

Ali M. Ansari's book Confronting Iran (2006) is especially timely given the current discussion of Iran and its future and concerns about what the U.S. may do to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and becoming a much greater threat. Of course, also in the news is the recent National I...

Misunderstood Leader Oil plays an important role in the lives of Americans. In its crude form it is near useless to the average American, but after it has been refined into gasoline, oil is something they cannot live without. It is used to power planes, boats, trucks, and automobiles. However...

Several theories have been advanced by political commentators around the world about the real reasons behind the United States' war with Iraq. These include the Bush administration's "official" version[1] about preventing the "Weapons of Mass Destruction" (WMDs) from falling into the terro...

Saddam Hussein gave the order to invade Kuwait on August 2nd, 1990. He aimed to take control of Kuwait oil reserves. Iraq accused Kuwait, and also the United Arab Emirates, of breaking agreements that limit oil production in the Middle East. According to Saddam Hussein, this brought down world oil p...

The American invasion into Iraq has been a very difficult topic for American's to agree upon. The right for one country to invade another based upon unsubstantiated evidence and political differences is hard for me to understand. Even though some people would say that what we did was potential...

Yes, there is little question that Saddam Hussein is no Martin Luther King, Jr.; no question that he is no Ghandi, no doubt that he has subjugated many millions of people and terrorized his own countrymen and has little right to legitimate leadership. Unfortunately, the story is not so simple and...

By the use of powerfully worded speeches, and media coverage, our government instills fear and hatred of Islam into American citizens. In addition, the media and our government make every effort to justify our involvement and occupation in the Middle East. The current involvement of the United Sta...

The Language of War. An analysis of how understanding and support of war is constructed through media texts – specifically newspapers. In 1982 I was not old enough to fully understand what was happening when my country went to war with Argentina over a group of islands called The Falklan...

American Military Presence in the Persian Gulf Even prior to the Gulf War, the U.S. had thrown its immense military, diplomatic, and economic weight behind the monarchies of the Persian Gulf like Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. Though they rule over less than 10% of the w...

In ancient times the area now known as modern Iraq was almost equivalent to Mesopotamia, the land between two rivers.2 Mesopotamia was set between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. This area is known as the Cradle of Civilization, because around 4000 B.C. the Sumerian culture thrived. The fir...

You probably remember what you were doing when the Twin Towers were attacked, and some remember the day that Pearl Harbor was hit by surprise, but I'm sure that if asked what you were doing on the night of August 1, 1990, your reply would be a little more ambiguous than on the other dates. On t...

I remember my mother telling me about her trip to New York last year. She talked about how the city was just how she remembered it: Times Square, Fifth Avenue, yellow taxis as far as the eye can see. Everything was the same except for that odd patch of blue sky that now shined down onto the shops al...

I appreciate what the men did for our country way back when, but those wars you spoke of weren't fought over nothing.If the leader of a world power were to publically annouce that you were Evil and must be destroyed and then began destroying countries that too were Evil, wouldn't you want to protect...

Many people in the United States disagree on whether the U.S. should go to war with Iraq. On October 7, 2002, President Bush delivered a speech in Cincinnati, OH, presenting his opinions on the situation in Iraq. Mark Strauss and Thomas Friedman both composed articles opposing Bush's stance on Iraq...