A dictatorial Centralist government in Mexico began the war because of the U.S. annexation (1845) of Texas, which Mexico continued to claim despite the establishment of the independent republic of Texas 10 years before. ... During the war Mexico's government was very unstable because the federal constitution of 1824 had been abrogated in 1835 and replaced by a centralized dictatorship. Also the Federalists, who supported a constitutional democracy, and the Centralists, who were in control of the government from 1835 to December 1844, were opposed factions of each other. ... The Reagan ...

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Between 1973-75 the United States supports Kurdish rebels in Iraq; in 1975 the governments of Iran and Iraq reach an agreement and seal the border, Iraq killed the Kurds and the United States denied them refuge. ... Détente, which was a peaceful however strained policy of coexistence with the USSR, was de-emphasized, and the United States foreign policy was against all government movements under soviet influence. ... After the Nicaraguan Revolution got rid of Anastasio Somoza, the United States accused the new government of aiding Marxist rebels in El Salvador. ... As a result of the Ir...

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In 1962 the Cuban government became convinced that the U.S. was planning an attack on Cuba, so Cuba asked military aid from the former Soviet Union. ... In January 1991 the president of Iraq Saddam Hussien, invaded the Country of Kuwait. So in February of 1991 the United States found no alternative but to help Kuwait ward off the Iraqi troops. ... This was a result of 100,000 Iraqi soldiers dead, 200 Allied troops dead, 90 American soldiers dead, and 175,000 Iraqi prisoners. ... As the U.S. defeated Iraq, Iraq started to bomb Israel which wasn't in this to begin with was forced to go to w...

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The invasion of Afghanistan to rid it of Al Qaeda's rule was a reasonable act, but invaded Iraq, a neutral country, on trumped up charges of holding weapons of mass destruction was a mistake of the worst kind. The excursion into Iraq has cost America over 4,800 lives. ... Supposedly our government wanted Vietnam to be a democratic and free nation, yet the American government installed the corrupt despot Ngo Dinh Diem under the guise of free elections, which were, in all actuality, rigged. ... Once again, the American government displayed its callous disdain for human life. ... The govern...

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In the past North Korea has made themselves available for communication and meetings with the U.N., Iraq refuses to listen to the United Nations no matter how simple their suggestions are, and Iraq still continue to use and stockpile weapons of mass destruction. ... I don't believe that but I think that Iraq still poses a bigger threat to the u.s., nukes or no nukes. North Korea has a much better track record than Iraq and North Korea can be reasoned with. ... The government believes that in the ten years that North Korea had their reactor running that they were able to stockpile eno...

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The plan was to give $400 million U.S. dollars in aid to Turkey and Greece with which to set up respective governments. ... American analysts had hoped that the invasion would spark a popular uprising against the Guatemalan government. When the citizens of Guatemala failed to revolt against their own government the CIA decided to take a more active role in the plot to overthrow Arbenz. ... Afghanistan The afghan war, which was from 1978-92, was a conflict between anti-Communist Muslim guerrillas and the Afghan government and Soviet Union. ... The conflict largely settled into a stalemate, ...

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Landis in Introducing Global Issues, "when the Indian government detonated its first nuclear explosion in 1974, it symbolically ended the monopoly on nuclear systems held by the great powers. ... Rogue states like Iraq and North Korea are perfect examples of threats to global security. ... After the invasion of Iraq in the Gulf War in 1991, weapons proliferation in Iraq was seen as a direct threat to global security by the United Nations. ... However Iraq did not comply with these resolutions and until last year saw no consequence of their non-compliance. ... However, I do feel that our go...

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The UN helped to create a new and independent government in Namibia. Presently, the UN is helped to deter violence in Iraq and Kuwait. They monitored the withdrawal of armed forces, provided technical assistance to the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission, and assisted in the relocation of Iraq citizens from Kuwait to Iraq. ...

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Today the United States government spends an estimated 35.1 billion dollars a year on nuclear weapons. ... The objective of this operation was to over throw the Castro government. ... (www.fas.org , nuclear threats during golf war) Iraq then threatened Israel by saying that they would burn half of it with chemical weapons; there response was "Iraq, after the first use of a missile, won't be the same Iraq anymore," hinting the use of nuclear weapons. ... Baghdad is convinced Israel has nuclear and chemical weapons which would be used against Iraq... "( www.fas.org , nuclear threats durin...

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Other War's covered by the media was the Iraq conflict in the 1990's. ... The medias main role was to cover the conflict in Iraq. ... The media provided news about the war to the public and provided propaganda that turned the American public against Iraq, it also dehumanized sadam Hussein. ... The media reported what the Iraqi government did and said during the Iraqi war all the while functioning under serve restrictions. ... Media coverage of the war in Iraq in 2003 got mixed reviews. ...

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As uprisings sprung up all over the country, the government had to increase taxes to suppress these rebellions. But because of corruption on a grand scale within the government, half the money never reached anywhere other than that of the official's pockets. The exhausting corruption which soured the lower levels of government and the top positions in the government were monopolized ruthlessly which added to the people's general tiredness of the way things were run. ... Many had the idea that change in the old way of government was a good thing. ... Current Relations and View on Iraq...

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This attitude of governments has led economic affairs to shape up cultural practices of states. ... The most recent event we could observe about this issue was the US attack on Iraq. ... s, the war was explained as, We -as the US- will do what is needed for Iraqi people to get what they deserve as better life standards. ... It could either be viewed optimistically as US really cares about the future of Iraqi people and want to do something good for them. ... Governments should take special care against cultural erosion and stop resembling of cultures with the effects of economics. ...

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Liberal critics however view the involvement of non- governmental organizations, like the U.N, as essential non-state actors in preventing war and promoting global cooperation. 3 Military power; amount of tanks, troops, missiles and ships for example, or hard power, is generally the most commonly understood type of power which states utilize. ... For example the U.S has put extensive economic restrictions on Iraq designed to drive the country to obey our wishes, and in most other circumstances a country would. ... Iraq did not give in to the U.S and the people of the country staved. .....

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Many Nicaraguans rejected this government. ... There was confusion and disarray at the highest levels of government. ... Measures were to be taken to improve relations with Iraq. ... It was during this time that the United States covertly shared military intelligence on Iraq with Iran. North told the Iranians, (in contradiction to United States policy) that the United States would help promote the overthrow of the Iraqi head of government. ...

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Iraq has no missiles in service. The Russian SS-1 SCUD B is prohibited along with three other domestic (Iraq) missiles, "Al Hussein", "Al Hijarah", and "BADR 2000". ... If the government decides to install a system on both Airforce one and Marine One, that is $6 million of taxpayer money. ... What is going to happen in Afghanistan when the U.S "helps" to set up a temporary government? ... The U.S did help to set up the new Israeli government and now it is on thin ice. ...

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For example, India is building a wide variety of new missiles with a range of 90 miles to 1,300 miles. (2) And Iraq refuses to let United Nations teams in to inspect its nuclear weapons stores. (1) In addition, the many of the countries in the former Soviet Union have set up lines of trade, both legal and not, to support their own economies. ... The real amount of missing weapons grade material could be up to 10 times higher than estimated. (7) Comparatively few smuggling incidents are reported, and many are not known about until the traffickers are caught, and the material traced back to i...

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The dismissal of MacArthur seemed to be symbolic to the changing attitudes in American government and policy regarding how future wars would be waged. ... Its involvement again under the command of the U.N was to stabilize the region by expelling Iraq's forces, which had recently invaded Kuwait. ... For lack of a better word American and other allied forces virtually Obliterated Iraq's military. With Iraq's forces either destroyed or retreating Bush had a decision to make, contain Iraq's forces in Iraq, making the Persian Gulf War another limited war, or invade and occupy B...

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The American government was created on righteous morals created out of the ashes of governments of the past that had failed such as, Romans, the Greeks, and the Egyptians. ... Since humans created this supposedly perfect government, and run it, then how can those just morals be applied? ... The five conflicts that show the most common action of the real reason why we invaded are: World War Two, the Cold War, Korean War, Vietnam, and Operation Iraq. ... He lives in a world that fascism rules only it has a facade of an equality based governmental system. The government is constantly at war with ...

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Could these arguments be applied to the current situation with the United States and Iraq? The wealth of the Iraqi nation seen through a Westerners eyes isn't based on credit, but on oil and we are trying to seize it. Although we aren't dependent on Iraq for bartering currently, but once we overthrow their government and create a democratic country, then we will export their oil. ...

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Background information: Before The War The Vietnam War, well known and brought up a lot in today's world as a comparison to the current Iraq war. This war took place because the Vietnams couldn't agree on one government so they broke up into two major parts, North and the South. North Vietnam wanted to have Communism for a government under the influence of Ho Chi Minh, and the South wanted to have democracy, under the influence of the French rule. ... The Government of America, noticed how people felt about this war, and started to make instant plans for the withdraw. ...

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Government would consult current information to adjust their foreign strategies. ... Iraq had a larger quantity of ground army troop than allied troop, but their use of conventional weapon and the lack of air force to efficiently cover the ground troop had quickly turned victory against Iraq. ...

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First, it makes any government less willing to oppose the prestigious state. ... The second important political function of prestige is a low cost foreign policy that brings compliance by foreign governments. ... Iran and Iraq also signed NPT and hid their nuclear program from inspectors. After the Gulf War in 1991 inspectors were astonished by Iraq's nuclear program and they believed that if Saddam had wait 1-2 years to start producing nuclear weapons that would give him the leadership in Arab world and he could organize and lead an alliance against Israel. ...

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Relations between the Castro government and the United States began to decline. The new Cuban government, under Fidel Castro confiscated private property, sent agents to initiate revolutions in several Latin American countries, and established diplomatic and economic ties with leading socialist powers, such as USSR In June Congress had passed legislation enabling President Dwight D. to take retaliatory steps against Cuba. ... McFarlane, undertook the sale of weapons to Iran, this and several succeeding weapon sales to Iran in 1986 directly opposed the U.S. government's policy of refusing ...

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Another goal achieved was decreasing government expenses, at increasing military budget by 35%. ... He sent 800 Marines to the Middle East to keep peace and allow oil to be transported unharmed during the Iran-Iraq war. ...

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Chemical and biological weapons now more than ever a growing concern for the global community, this is demonstrated by the fact that President W Bush and the allies stated one of their prime objectives for going into Iraq was to find and seize weapons of mass destruction and the factories they were being made in. ... For instance, if India does not adhere, the government keeps on testing; Pakistan would match test for test. ... If a radical group with a hatred of the Indian government were to take power, an all-out war would be imminent, possibly nuclear. ... There are definite fears throughou...

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