ample of this may be an organization similar to the united nations, that could serve as a common government between nations and planets that have an absence of communication. Due to the fact that there is no common political authority or laws, the United States has no idea what the political agenda of Iraq is or what the plans of the alien life on Vega is. This anarchy leads to a situation of fear and uncertainty. There is uncertainty because if there are no common forms of law or order then the United States has reason to think that perhaps these unknown persons have a violent intent. This causes more uncertainty and this manifests itself in fear. The natural response to the unknown and unfamiliar is that of fear. As a result to this the US maximizes security measures, in the case of Iraq the government asked for an extra $1.361 billion for a military strike, raising the amount to $4.35 billion that would be spent on security. And Every minute the United States spends another $589,802 on the military, which is 51.3% of the federal budget. (stopthewaragainstiraq.org) Security maximization is a form of self help, which
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