There are several policies that I might change as President of the United States, however, if I had the opportunity to be in office for one day, I would want to do something that would bring joy to many people. In light of the recent events in the Middle East, my objective would be to arrange for e...
In accordance to Van Buren, the idea of rebuilding that area of the Middle East was based on the success of the post-World War II Marshall Plan in Europe and the incredible Japanese economic boom, which left sort of an appearance of imperial expansion; but, as the author points out, the reconstruction of these countries happened due to the high education and industrialization before their destruction during wartime. ... Apparently, the only beneficiaries of the war were the world's major oil companies, which acquired the right to exploit Iraqi oil for many decades, and the U.S., which fur...
Judith Kipper, director of the Middle East Forum, has suggested that if Saddam Hussein survives the US attack, he might reemerge to lead an underground guerrilla force that fights the US occupation. ... And, she adds, "we are culturally and linguistically deprived" in matters related to the Middle East. ...
The continuation of political unrest in Syria could spread to the entire Middle East and require U.S military intervention. ... "Moscow is the number one arms supplier in the Middle East"9 and their weapon sales to Syria and Algeria alone total to forty-eight billion US dollars per year.10 Russia's one and only naval facility is Tartus, located on the Mediterranean coast of Syria. ... The reasons for supplying this type of military equipment on the part of the European Union with these conditions is to counteract and abolish the violation of human rights in the Middle East as mu...
Beginning with the decline of the mercenary profession, the use of private military contractors began to rise. Starting not long after the Cold War, PMC has now spread so far that it is currently used in every continent, except for Antarctica. PMC have become so popular for many reasons. For example...
Al Jazeera claimed to be an independent television station located in the Middle East and they claim to maintain neutrality from any political party. ... The west acted as a tool for the spread of propaganda under the Bush Administration; trying their hardest to conceal the truth, while Muslim media in the East attempted to keep a fair and balanced role in uncovering the truth and presenting it as it is unaltered. ...
On the other hand, it is also questioned whether Canada's troops are as efficient when compared to the US troops who have had more than a decade's experience in the Middle East. ... If I were a citizen in the Iraq and Syria region, I would not be against the idea of airstrikes across the country because airstrikes would be more effective for countries that are not familiar with the Middle East landscape. ...
Bush persisted that Saddam Hussein imposed a threat to the security of the U.S and Middle East, claiming that Saddam possessed WMDs and that Iraq had accepted and trained Al-Qaeda terrorists, the United State's main aim of declaring war on Iraq was to remove Saddam from power and defend itself. ...
The terrorists responsible for the atrocity came from the Middle East, some from Saudi Arabia and others from the countries around Afghanistan, countries previously considered by the West to be so far off that they were not a immediate danger or threat. ... If he did possess weapons of mass destruction, then he could single-handedly start a war involving the entire Middle East. ... So now is Saddam really the greatest evil in the Middle East? ...
President Obama's speech confirmed the second standard because he addressed ISIS as being accountable for the deaths of thousands of Iranians and posing a threat to the United States when he said, "At this moment, the greatest threats come from the Middle East and North Africa, where radical groups exploit grievances for their own gain. ... Hitler's statement is similar to how the media has depicted a war on terrorism since the attacks on the World Trade Center and used this impersonal force as the backbone for gaining public support for intervention in the Middle East. ...
Overthrow takes us up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, with chapters devoted along the way to the misnamed Spanish-American war in Cuba, American intervention in Nicaragua, Guatemala, and other Latin American countries, along with America's involvement in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. ...
