War in The Gulf On August 2, 1990 the world was surprised when the small country of Kuwait was seized by Iraq. ... Many countries around the world did not approve of the invasion and were angered. ... He called him " A classic bully who thinks he can get away with kicking sand in the face of the world." ... The meeting was about to take place and the world was watching as Baker and Aziz talked. ... (Congress 1) As the last minutes of the deadline ticked away tensions increased as the Iraqis did not respond and remained stationed in Kuwait. ...

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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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His aim was apparently to take control Kuwait's oil reserves (despite its small size Kuwait is a huge oil producer; it has about 10 per cent of the world's oil reserves ). ... According to Saddam Hussein, this brought down world oil prices severely and caused financial loss of billions of dollars in Iraq's annual revenue. ... However, the Ottoman province collapsed after World War I and today's Iraqi borders were not created until then. ... By inva...

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The war began in direct response to the September 11, 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the newly found War on Terror. ... Then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told the American people military action in Iraq would be swift and not require a full U.S mobilization.1 While speaking in Italy in hopes to gain support for the War Donald Rumsfeld said the war could last only six days or six weeks and he highly doubted the war could last six months. ... On September 11th 2001 hijackers flew American jet planes into the World Trade Center Tower in New York...

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His list is as follows: "1) What do you know for sure about the photographs or video to which you have access? ... - He also advises journalists to think about their audience and as a starting point provides another set of questions which are: "1) What will it want and/or need to see to understand such death? ... 4) Will the images help make the audience more knowledgeable about this war?... She says that the public "needs to consider three facts of reporting in war time and peace: 1) Journalists work in concert with, but independent of government officials."" ... Ricks because it "took a...

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They are elected by the people to serve them to the best of their ability and to provide the citizens of the United States of America with the best quality of life and to represent their country on the world stage. ... The biggest set-back for the Bush administration would be starting the War on Terror, this would prompt the President to shift money towards war efforts and away from the economy. ... (Goldman 2009) Many economists and world governments determined that the situation had become the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. ... The Congressional Budget Office along with m...

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In the world we live in, vast impersonal forces are making for the centralization of power and a regimented society" (Huxley, Education for Freedom, para. 2). ... Unfortunately, many sources like these go unquestioned by the general public, which leads to a misinformed world. ... Therefore, society must take the responsibility in confirming the authenticity of everything that is distributed through the news in order to prevent the centralization of power and ultimately a misinformed world. ... In Huxley's essay he said, "it would be foolish to suppose that this sort of thing c...

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