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An 18 page paper which examines how traditional American pacifist groups and new U.S. pacifist coalitions have responded to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and President George W. Bush’s war against Iraq, comparing their components, statements of conscience, and methods of protests. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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opposed positions. However, when it comes to national security and international foreign policy, sometimes the lines between the two can become obscured. For example, many world leaders have
justified war as the only way to obtain peace, while others have claimed that bloodshed in the name of eradicating evil forces or influences is a good and noble cause.
This was the situation the citizens of the United States found themselves in on September 11, 2001, when seemingly without warning, terrorists coordinated by Muslim radical Osama bin Ladens
al-Qaeda network were responsible for attacks on New York Citys World Trade Center, the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and for the crash of flight 93 in Pennsylvania. Americans were
horrified and shaken to the core, as they suddenly realized the United States was not, as had long been believed, invulnerable to terrorism or outside invasion. Several liberal critics
of President George W. Bush claim this tragedy was exactly what the Chief Executive had been looking a reason to wage war in the Middle East, specifically against
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, mortal nemesis of his father, former President George H.W. Bush. He wasted no time in mobilizing the military, pursuing a permanent war economy, and mentioned
the possibility of retaliation at every opportunity (Coy, 2003). In his nationally televised speech addressing a Joint Session of Congress shortly after the terrorist attacks, Bush declared, "Tonight we
are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom. Our grief has turned to anger, and anger to resolution. Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or
bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done" (Coy et al, 2003, p. 463). To the patriotic strains of God Bless America, Bush approved $40 to "rebuild our
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