Another reason we wanted a stable, friendly Afghanistan was so that we could create oil pipelines (161). ... The weapons were supplied by the Americans, the money by the Saudis. ... Right now, we want to attack Iraq to displace Saddam Hussein, allegedly because he has weapons of mass destruction. ... When the Iran-Iraq War ended, Saddam Hussein killed many of his own people with his terrible weapons. ... Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Using the new technology of the steam engine in the early 19th century, and the recent use of the internal combustion engine, society has found itself able to exploit the energy locked in such fossil fuels as coal, oil and gas. ... Point sources which include chemical plants, steel mill, oil refineries, power plants, and hazardous waste incinerators literally emit tons of pollutants and toxins into the atmosphere. ... The government squanders billions of dollars in the research and development of sophisticated weaponry and in doing so puts millions of individuals at risk of becoming infected ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 2003, America entered Iraq upon Saddam Hussein declaring possession of weapons of mass destruction. ... However, if America's true intentions were to secure western oil access, many would deem the cause to be unjust. ...

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As Andrew Fiala states in the book, 'The Just War Myth; The Moral Illusions of War', there is neither a clear, nor direct threat from Iraq to justify going to war with them except exaggerated claims of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and only hints of Iraq's connection to Al-Queda (12). This war is being fought to defend an imperial agenda orchestrated by the Bush administration in what I believe is to control all of the oil in the world. ... In my opinion the criterion of "Right Intention" for this war is has not been met simply because revenge on Afghanistan and Iraq's...

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