Obama’s Euphemisms: Responsibly Ending the War in Iraq Rationale Euphemisms are used in writing to reduce offenses or disturbances in the audience created by certain words or phrases. Euphemisms are widely used in normal social contexts‚ the media and even politics. Politicians use euphemisms in their rhetoric to lessen the impact of their words to avoid creating alarm and heighten emotions. Political euphemisms often “sugar coat” the real message and do not give an actual portrayal of the message
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also the oldest child in my family. Our parents are similar in many ways too. Like my parents‚ Thuras mother and father are well educated and value education for their children. Although we have commonalities‚ we have differences‚ too. When Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq‚ Thura didnt have access to a large range of media‚ while I have an abundance to choose from: television‚ the Internet‚ books‚ magazines‚ and newspapers. As an American‚ I am allowed more freedom than Thura was allowed in Iraq. Thura
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was one such conflict that occurred before 9/11. Saddam Hussein‚ leader of Iraq‚ lead his country to war over oil and invaded Kuwait. Hussein was said to have stated‚ “We are not intimidated by the size of armies‚ or the type of hardware the United States has brought” (www.cryan.com 2016). Saddam was defeated‚ but the United States would once again find itself fighting Iraq after 9/11. The initial war went well for the United States and Saddam was toppled. However‚ as war dragged on without
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we work and sacrifice for peace. But there can be no peace if our security depends on the will and whims of a ruthless and aggressive dictator. I’m not willing to stake one American life on trusting Saddam Hussein." -George W. Bush. President Bush promised America that he would bring down Saddam Hussein no matter what it took. But why? Why would the president make such an imposing promise? In order to ensure the safety of his people (the Americans) such terrorists must be brought down. President Bush
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preemptive military action against Iraq was both necessary and justifiable. To continue to appease Saddam Hussein in 2003‚ this argument runs‚ would have had the same unfortunate consequences as appeasing Hitler in 1938; both were signs of weakness and miscalculation‚ in which an unavoidable conflict was imprudently postponed. The lesson of the Munich analogy rests on at least two claims. The first is that Saddam and Hitler were alike‚ not simply because both were vicious tyrants (a proposition that is undoubtedly
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borders in the Middle East are forged due to the creation of borders after World War II (Dugdale-Pointon). This war gave Iraq an incredible amount of debt‚ and so the government was scrambling to pay it back. Two years later‚ the leader of Iraq Saddam Hussein delivered a speech at a foreign ministers conference in Geneva in July‚ and it was expected that he would help resolve conflicts in the Middle East but instead he “accused neighboring nation Kuwait of siphoning crude oil from the Ar-Rumaylah oil
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Iraq and a dissatisfactory one at that. Some believe that Bush went to war to either complete what his dad started or even one up him. “Bush’s need to surpass [his] father…against Saddam Hussein was one of the motives behind US invasion of Iraq.” (Azriel‚ n.d.) It is even said that he held resentment towards Saddam Hussein for nearly killing his father‚ this anger fueling his drive to go to war with Iraq. If that was the case‚ it seemed the campaign was heavily personalized. It can explain why the
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essentially reactions leveled against the explanations adopted by the then America ’s regime and her allies in justifying invasion of Iraq. Bush ’s regime told the international community that there was urgent need to invade Iraq in order to oust Saddam Hussein ’s despotic leadership from power and thus pave way for the entrenchment of democracy in Iraq which is a prerequisite to international peace and security especially in this era of terrorism. Even though UN Security Council ’s intelligence personnel
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receiving information from a handful of news outlets‚ the public’s opinion on war was influenced by the media being broadcasted. Even before the announcement by the President that the U.S would invade Iraq; the media was responsible for portraying Saddam Hussein to be a danger to America as well as its national security‚ even though he had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks. Many people either did not realize or did not care that the information media outlets were reporting came from somewhere within
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innocent Kuwait‚ because we are a dominant force in the world. However‚ there are also people who believe that Saddam Hussein is on a crusade to unite all of the Arab countries ‚ just as Bismarck did in Germany in the late 1800s. Rather than a sort of Hitler‚ some compare Hussein to Bismarck‚ who‚ although using ruthless tactics‚ united Germany and is today considered hero. What Hussein stands to gain by the acquisition of Kuwait does not go unnoticed‚ but the point here is that perhaps much of
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