The budget we have now is geared for a great deal of troops in foreign countries, nuclear warheads in numbers far beyond any other countries, air and sea vessels and crafts that are possibly not needed in these high numbers. ... We should not eliminate foreign defense and placements of bases and troops in foreign countries by too much though. ... We should shift some of the budget to the intelligence portion of the government though. ... As overall human intelligence and technology increase, so does the intelligence of any potential enemies, as proved in the 911 attacks. The military intel...

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When the Boxer Protocol was enforced the Manchu had to agree to even more foreign demands and when they failed to intervene in the Russo-Japanese war, anti-Manchu and anti-foreign feeling increased. ... As the treaty ports grew and flourished the people living there were exposed to many foreign ideas and the urbanized population quickly became westernized. ... Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Washington and New York, China has also allowed the United States to station an F.B.I. counter-terrorism agent in Beijing and shared intelligence with the United States on militant Islamic groups b...

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The overthrow was made easier by the fact that the Indonesian economy was in dire straits at the time, due to a cut-off of assistance from the United States, under the influence of British intelligence. ... In the 1970s, foreign oil cartels moved in to exploit the oil fields in Indonesia. This brought in much-needed foreign exchange to the country. ... His assassination by British intelligence marked the beginning of the end of his policies. ... Countries like Malaysia became a source of cheap assembly labor for foreign corporations. ...

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As American citizens we have the right to expect that our government will do all in their power to protect us from foreign and domestic attacks. ... To reinforce this statement I have found, in further research, this excerpt taken from the unclassified policy founded on June 21, 1995 directed toward the Vice President and other state officials, including the Secretary of State, Treasury, Defense, the Attorney General, etc.: "It is the policy of the United States to deter, defeat and respond vigorously to all terrorist attacks on our territory and against our citizens, or facilities, whether ...

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Whichever country possesses the most power in the form of military, intelligence, as well as alliances would be the nation to survive amongst the competition. When it comes to morality and American foreign policy, I feel that it is important to recognize the essence of humanity. ... One should take into consideration morality when composing a foreign policy. ... So if I were left to make a foreign policy involving an underdeveloped country, I would not go in and try to destroy everything I could. ...

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As Japanese forces approached Nanking in late November 1937, the Chinese foreign Ministry notified American diplomats that they would need to evacuate. ... In 1947, the squadron leader of the Japanese dive-bombers, Commander Okumiya, spoke during Naval Institute proceedings that the strike was based on Japanese army intelligence that enemy troops were escaping up river in Chinese merchant ships. ...

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Von Ribbentrop was the German foreign minister in theory, but in reality he was just a messenger of Hitler s will with no real power. ... The once powerful man who made foreign policy decisions that cost millions there lives could not even decide if he felt remorse or if he was correct in his actions. ... Von Ribbentrop was charged with all four counts, using his power as foreign minister to encouraged aggressive war on the countries of Europe, persecute different ethnic groups and for breaking a laundry lists of treaties. ... The next key witness in the case was General Lahousen who was head ...

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The authors first criticize Canada for its lack of reliable intelligence capabilities. It is the authors" contention that the lack of Canadian intelligence resources was responsible for the lack of evidence against the Japanese. ... The authors admit almost as an after thought that this type of behavior is completely typical of most foreign consoles and in no way suspicious. ... There is evidence that the Japanese consulate in Vancouver had been given direction from Tokyo to initiate intelligence and counter intelligence work (Johnson and Granatstein 107). ... The authors" argument also ut...

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In the height of the Cold War period, Kennedy displayed moderation and a firm hand in foreign policy. ... Central Intelligence Agency prior to Kennedy's election, failed in their invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. Kennedy accepted responsibility for this political misstep, which was considered an enormous setback in foreign relations. ...

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Our government has become accustomed to solving our foreign policy disputes through military force rather than diplomacy. The legitimacy of this political ideology is that it makes us safer through a command of fear and up to date intelligence of the battle space; however, there is evidence to disprove this method of enforcing our policies. ... Our foreign policy makers have failed us entirely, leading us not to the road of prosperity but rather the road to Armageddon. ...

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Wilson's Idealism was derived from the Monroe Doctrine, which stated that the US should only get involved in foreign affairs of the Western Hemisphere if the nation's security was at stake, and not intervene in European affairs. ... This telegram was intercepted by British intelligence. The telegram was from the German foreign minister to Mexico proposing Mexico to ally with them and in return gain back their lost territories which were Texas, Mexico, and Arizona. ...

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The note was intercepted by British intelligence and created a public uproar that demanded that U.S. direct involvement into the war. ... In 1916 President Wilson took a stronger stance toward foreign affairs by increasing the size of the military and issuing a warning to the Germans. ...

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Truman was infuriated especially by a message MacArthur had delivered in August to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in which the general stressed the need to defend Formosa against invasion from the mainland. ... At the end of October, US intelligence confirmed that the Chinese forces had entered North Korea and in early November, UN forces encountered Chinese troops for the first time. ... Martin made public a message in which General MacArthur publicly challenged the president's foreign policy. ... But MacArthur was clearly out of line to oppose the President with his actions on the b...

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With this law we have given sweeping new powers to both domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies and have eliminated the checks and balances that previously gave courts the opportunity to ensure that these powers were not abused. Most of these checks and balances were put into place after previous misuse of surveillance powers by these agencies, including the revelation in 1974 that the FBI and foreign intelligence agencies had spied on over 10,000 U.S. citizens, including Martin Luther King Jr. ...

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Coming out of World War II, the government of the United States fostered an inflated view of its capabilities in foreign affairs. Once they had begun funding the French struggle against the nationalist movement in Vietnam, the Americans saw an imminent opportunity to possibly apply their own colonial model there, but "called upon the French or the Chinese for the raw intelligence information that informed their reports to Washington," (Bradley 94). ...

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During the first Indochina War, the perspectives of the combatants, both French and Vietminh, differed greatly. Each side faced different obstacles and had to overcome varied setbacks and problems. The Vietminh faced serious issues, such as disease, while the French dealt with the unfriendly terra...

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Three thousand years ago, The Spartans, as they marched out of their city to war, would stop and salute the city gods. These warriors were not sure if they would ever view the city again, but they were secure in knowing that the city-state for which they fought would be protected by the Gods. They...

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Containment of communism has been the dominant framework for U.S. foreign relations in the post-war world. ... It created the CIA ( central intelligence agency ) to support national security through the gathering of information and covert operations. ... It brought forth a new executive branch called the National Security Council which was given authority over the creation of new foreign policy. ...

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The Soviet Union benefitted from allied intelligence, after the cracking of the Enigma Code the British supplied to Soviet Union with crucial intelligence of Nazi positions and plans. Hinsely, a historian who worked at Bletchley Park said that without this intelligence the Wehrmacht would have "carved up Russia " . ...

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This, however, leads to not only a personal affair, but can reach into the extent of a worldwide panic of the blockading of foreign ports to other countries, terrorism, and war. ... Germans during the Second World War were always pushed to their limits with both their intelligence and athletic abilities. ...

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George Ball stated, " No matter how many hundred thousand white, foreign troops we deploy. No one has demonstrated of whatever size can win a guerrilla war- which is at the same time a civil was between Asians- in jungle terrain in the midst of a population that refuses cooperation to the white forces and provides a great intelligence advantage to the other side-(option 3). ...

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The Cold War Tensions with the United States and Russia have been around for quite some time. Russia and the United States were allies during World War II, but soon after they became enemies. After W.W.II, even though the Soviet Union had a strong military, it was encircled by hostile capitalist governments and felt that if communism was to remain strong, it needed to form an alliance with other communist countries. Also after the war, Germany was divided right through the middle of Berlin, Germany. West Germany was democratic and East Germany was communist. ...

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Race War The Second World War impacted American lives both at home and on the war front. The war impacted different ethnic groups differently within America. The emergence of a new enemy overseas took attention off of some groups and focused negative actions on others. Looking at the beginning, ...

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Early on in their quest to rule the world, Hitler and Goebbels realized that "propaganda must be addressed to the emotions and not to the intelligence"(Rhodes 12). ... "Another way in which the Propaganda Ministry interfered was in the censorship of foreign films"(Rhodes 20). ...

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Woodrow Wilson President Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the personal representative of the people. "No one but the President," he said, "seems to be expected ... to look out for the general interests of the country"(Internet 1). He developed a program of progressive reform and asserted i...

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