A major point of debate, one which is even more fascinating based on today's events, was the issue of Iraq. ... President Bush also rejected this idea, feeling that Rumsfeld and others in his cabinet who also served in his father's administration may be driven by revenge to strike out at Iraq. ... Tommy Franks finally showed that an Iraqi strike was not feasible at the time, given the amount of buildup necessary to launch the Afghani war. ... As the Taliban began to topple, war cabinet members again turned to the problem of Iraq, even though many of al Qaeda's officers, i...

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The goal of Al-Qa"ida is to unite all Muslims under one government that follows the ways of Caliphs. ... He has stated that the only way to unite all Muslims under one government is to use force. ... They were reluctant to help the United States in their war against terrorism and they were very against helping the United States fight Iraq. ... France has provided a little money to help rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan, but it does not even make a dent in the amount of money that is needed. France needs to see some evidence that Iraq was harboring terrorists and did have weapons of mass destruc...

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After 9/11, the US government wiretapped both Iraq and Iran for six weeks straight. ... He could have been trying to make the people of Iraq believe that the US is an evil place that spies on their own citizens. ... Why not allow the government to wiretap for the benefit of the US? ... The government should be permitted to wiretap to protect America from external threats, internal threats, and because the Patriot Act legalizes government wiretaps. ... Overall the government has generally used wiretapping responsibly. ...

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The controversy in this movie has greatly influenced the view of American society towards their government and the military efforts of war. ... The movie even features unseen footage of American soldiers humiliating Iraqi soldiers as well as mothers (American and Iraqi) grieving over lost members of their families. ... Moore disapproves of the war in Iraq arguing that they went to war with a country that had never attacked the United States and had not proven to be linked to 9/11 attacks. ... But Moore said he was reporting on demoralization, not causing it: "This film is full of American tr...

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The effects led to the invasion of two nations, Iraq and Afghanistan and meant the beginning of the global war on terrorism. ... This meant that governments, corporations and individuals had to change their lifestyle and how they behaved. ... With the Bush Administration framing the attacks as thus, they had set the grounds for attacking Afghanistan and Iraq. ... For instance, one of the respondents said, "I think it was a terrorist behavior when the American air-fighters and soldiers dropped bombs onto other countries (e.g., Afghanistan, Iraq, or Yugoslavia)" (Lee, Cotati and Yan, ...

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Some say that certain Muslim groups hate our democracy and the freedoms our government allow us. ... They hate what they see right here in this chamber: a democratically elected government. ... Recognizing this void, Islamic groups stepped in to fill the gaps left by poor governments. ... For instance, Americans hear the words "sanctions on Iraq" and they associate this with Saddam is getting what he deserves. Then again--do we really need to maintain sanctions that have had no effect on Saddam Hussien's dictatorship, but have brought death to thousands of Iraqi children? ...

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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. ... In doing so, the U.S. shall pursue vigorously efforts to deter and preempt, apprehend and prosecute, or assist other governments to prosecute, individuals who perpetrate or plan to perpetrate such attacks." ... And in doing so he and his administration plans to override the Iraqi, Afghani, and other terrorist regimes to replace it with a U.S. influenced government. ... It can be infered that if we help the people of Afghanistan overthrow the ...

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Then addressed by members of our government along with Intel from our friends the national news reporters of America we find out that the final destinations of these planes were met indefinitely kamikaze pilots of the terrorist nature, sent to do one thing, and they did. ... Two towers down, one Pentagon turned Polygon, an economy on the rocks, a shaken government about to turn into Big Poppa Pump, and every American sleeping with both eyes open is how the day ended. ... The world shut down after that attack, as we watched the antics of the Arabians and Iraqi who delighted in the successful ...

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Not long after the planes crashed into the buildings, the U.S. government knew who was behind the killing of thousands of American lives. ... His terrorist group Alkehda was funded heavily by a new radical government in Afghanistan called the Taliban. ... Did the government have the same ideas too. ... The U.S. government did bomb Afghanistan in 1998 after we found out that bin Laden destroyed our embassies, and killed 220 people. ... This reminds me of the issues that we had not to long ago with the war in Iraq. ...

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