y of an erratic change in the social structure of the world, as we know it. War proved to solve nothing in the past with regard to political conflicts around the world, and apparently it still has not proven to be the solution today.
             The political system of the United States as it exists today is demonstrative of the pluralist model, which suggests, "many conflicting groups within the community have access to government, so that no single group is dominant" (Schaeffer 2002). Basically, several interest groups play a significant role in decision-making. As in the case of the government, which is comprised of several groups, including the Department of Defense, there are many different sources, which provide insight into the minds that ultimately make the decision to go to war or not to go to war.
             During the time of the Gulf War, it was the consensus that Iraq, in an attempt to recover from the expensive eight year war with Iran, had been seeking to control it's own oil r
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