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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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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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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Hobbes spent most of his years in exile, because of governments that would not accept his philosophies. ... Since the British government was losing its absolute authority of having a monarchy Hobbes came up with a theory that you would have to consider what life would be like in a of human nature without a government? ... An example of this would be during the Gulf war, where the U.S. went into Kuwait to aid them in the war against Iraq, by claiming this war is morally wrong. ... Hobbes believes in an absolute authority of government where their powers are neither divided nor limited. ... If t...

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So many people hated Batista that Cuba became unified against him and Fidel became the leader of the resistance to Batista's government. ... While still in prison, Fidel found out that his wife was working for Batista's government and was demanding a divorce. ... Fidel immediately began leading the revolution against Batista's government and formed the "26 of July Movement," a group of revolutionaries named after the date of his first revolt. ... In 1960, the Castro government took over U.S. oil refineries in Cuba. ... The only other dictator who even comes close to having t...

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Vietnam had been divided into two, in the midst of a communist administration in the North under Ho Chi Minh and an egalitarian government in the South under Ngo Dinh Diem. ... By 1975 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia had Communist governments (Westdad, Cuban and Vietnamese Challenges). ... Students protested local and federal governments as well as Johnson's policies in Southeast Asia. ... Immediately after the revolution Sadaam Hussein of Iraq, with the support of the U.S and a majority of the international community, invaded Iran in a war that lasted for over 8 years. ... The Soviet-Afghan...

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The protection offered by UNESCO to the WH sites consists in a regular observation in order to prevent any deterioration; if UNESCO discovers a worsening of the condition of the site, can oblige the local government to take an immediate action, giving also strict guidance (Whc.unesco.org, 2013). However, Slater (2010) argues that the UNESCO can spend only 4 million per year, a very limited budget to protect and take care of the WH sites, therefore the status of WH status does not guarantee the survival or the good maintenance of a site, i.e.: a building in Pompeii has recently collapsed and t...

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The feeling of respite which England held towards the US did not last forever however, as the US would soon rise to a place of glory taking her seat in the annals of history alongside world powers such as England before her, the Roman Empire, the Grecian Empire of old whom the US borrowed her form government. ...

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