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Fallacies of the Iraq War: Research Paper
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Topic:Niccolo Machiavelli
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His philosophy of a ruler who used any means necessary to achieve his goals is not too far off from what Bush has done in the war in Iraq. Bush has misled the public; whether he did this deliberately or not is still up for debate but the result of his misleading behavior has been financial and political gain for him and his cronies. Vice President Cheney has made tens of millions of dollars in the Iraq conflict through his ties with Halliburton. One has to wonder if the political and financial gains being made by those in the White House had anything to do with the initial decision to go to war in Iraq. The fallacies of the Iraq war go deeper than just policy decisions. Great philosophers and politicians warned against greed and unjust wars, and the Bush Administration took the Iraq war far beyond the limits of justification and into the realm of pure fallacy. There is no real end in sight for the Iraq War and hundreds of thousands of people have died as a result of the failed policies of the past administration.
Works Cited
Bush, George W. "This Is Not a Question of Authority; it Is a Question of Will." Presidential
Address to the Nation. March 17, 2003.
Purdum, Todd S. A Time of Our Choosing: America's War in Iraq. New York: Times Books,
2002.
Russell, Bertrand. A History of Western Philosophy. New York: Touchstone Media, 2000.
The Project for a New American Century. "Letter to President Clinton." 26, Jan. 1998.
United Nations. United Nations Charter. New York: United Nations, 1973.
Welsh, Steven C. "Preemptive War and International Law."…
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Works Cited
Bush, George W. "This Is Not a Question of Authority; it Is a Question of Will." Presidential
Address to the Nation. March 17, 2003.
Purdum, Todd S. A Time of Our Choosing: America's War in Iraq. New York: Times Books,
2002.
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