September 11, 2001 was a terrible tragedy for the United States and the world. ... The world and the United States as the world's leader, was faced with an unprecedented enemy that had to be dealt with. ... The world had to be persuaded that Iraq posed a real and imminent threat to the world security. ... Russia, China and most of the world were against this. ... The War in Iraq lasted nearly one and a half months, with Bush declaring an official victory on May 1 of the same year. ...

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After the 11th September, the world was again changed. ... This was first proved in the Vietnam War, when Americans woke each morning and watched horrific images of war being shown on channels such as CNN. ... One year after gaining power, he started a conflict with Iran; a conflict that would eventually drag out for 8 years and cost the lives of over 1 million Iraqi soldiers. ... And the World will still continue to watch on CNN. ... It would also be hypocritical to accuse America of policing the world and being imperialistic, for Europe was only to happy to let America take the lead role...

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Over the course of the Iraq War, while the military remained engulfed in battle, the rest of the world - America included - continued to be absorbed in the media. ... In order to justify the war, the president gave several explanations. ... Another quote from the book suggests that the Iraqis seemed fully aware of America's true motives: "Only 5 percent of Iraqis surveyed thought that the United States invaded "to assist the Iraqi people," only 1 percent believed it was to establish democracy, while about half thought it was "to rob Iraq's oil." ... Because of its neutral standing, m...

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Australia still remains a part of the English empire and, more importantly, is still a country blindly following the world powers. Australia has always been the lapdog to whatever country happens to be the leading world power at the time. Australians were born and bred into servitude, first to mother England as cannon fodder in World War 1 and then as a testing ground for nuclear weapons. ... A recent poll by the ABC show What the World Thinks of America revealed that a 72 percent of Australians think America is arrogant, 82 percent think Australia is becoming more like America and dont li...

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From a realist perspective the United States has taken action to protect our national security by declaring war on Iraq. ... In the Darwinian world of the 21st century, nations must take action to survive. ... These differences show the variety of concepts of war. ... This important resolution would end the Gulf War in a ceasefire agreement. ... The point of the Non-Proliferation Treaty was to lower the danger level of nuclear weapons within the world. ...

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He contributes to the New York Review of Books and writes a world affairs column for the Guardian. ... In most cases, however, it acted mainly for economic reasons – specifically, to establish, promote, and defend the right of Americans to do business around the world without interference." Throughout Overthrow, one finds reference to primary source material like the Honolulu Daily Bulletin of January
17, 1893, and an editorial in the New York Evening Post on February 1, 1901 in the chapter, "A Hell of a Time Up at the Palace.... Overthrow takes us up to the invasion of Ira...

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