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    There are three lenses you can look through for the realism lens. Love, Hate, and fear. It is possible to take former president George W. Bush reaction to 9/11 and look at them through the love and fear lens. Showing how Former President George W. Bush could have looked at the crisis as a realist channeling love the people have for the nation to come up with a solution, as well as fear for future attacks to prevent this from happening and tell the nation what it needs to do as a whole to respond

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    George W Bush’s presidency can be associated with an infamous term that stood out from the State of the Union address, that term being ‘Axis of Evil’. In this context, Bush categorised the countries of Iran, Iraq and North Korea as being ‘evil’ states. This neoconservative comment left little doubt as to what Bush’s foreign policy towards these states was going be (Baxter and Akbarzadeh, 2008). This comment would then define George W Bush’s presidency, due to the controversy over this phrase and

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    On the 9th November 2001, George W. Bush declared the War on Terror a response to the terrorist act on 11 September 2001. However, the response was not only based on the breach of national security that endangered the lives of Americans. If it had been, his response would have been purely targeted at ‘terrorists’ and not the abstract concept of ‘terror’ that engages with a wider pool of people (that we will later see to be affiliated with the Orient/Other). Orientalism, according to Said, is ‘the

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    essential form of protest in a time of crisis or for political or social reforms. George W. Bush is one of the most controversial presidents in history and prompted some of the loudest outcries from the public. The music world became very involved in this particular fight, many artists from multiple generations and genres protested Bush. American Idiot by Green Day is one of the best examples and the most well-known protest of Bush and his administration. However, despite its popularity and acclaim it did

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    Kiley Sharp Coach Bennett November 23, 2015 George W. Bush: Legacy of his Presidency Texas made way for many great things, frozen margarita machines, chili con carne, corn dogs, Whataburger, and Six Flags, but did you know a truly heroic, patriotic president also came from this fascinating state? George Walker Bush was born to the former president, George Herbert Walker Bush and the former first lady, Barbara Pierce Bush in New Haven, Connecticut, along with some of his brothers and sisters, Jeb

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    April 23 2016 English Rough Draft 9/11 Address to The Nation George W. Bush was the 43rd president of the United States. In one speech he answered the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a possible attack on the White House by saying “our strong country” ("George W. Bush - Address to the Nation on 9-11-01 Speech"). Bush did this by telling the country what he first would immediately did following the attacks. Bush then stated what he will be doing continuously after the attacks

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    Synthesis Essay – George H.W. Bush MSgt James A. Wyly Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy George H. W. Bush “Read My Lips No New Taxes,” One of the most well-known quotes of the 20th century. A promise that a visionary leader could not keep. George H. W. Bush was a Visionary but not an Ethical Leader. In this paper, I will discuss how he used Inspirational Motivation to inspire troops to war, and Dispositional Flexibility to get the world through the chaotic collapse of the

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    Book Review In reading the book Decision Points By George W. Bush, one would expect a justification for actions the former President took and also explanations for inactions. For choices that he did not take. This book falls into the category of many other books like it (you would be weird not to write a personal memoir as a former politician nowadays). What differentiates this book is George W. Bush’s way of explaining his presidency. Bush does this masterfully as he admits his failures in office

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    George W. Bush was born on July 6th 1946. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He was the 43rd president of the United States. He came from a huge family with tons of sisters and brothers. His dad George H. W. Bush Was was the 41st president of the United States. His mother Barbara Bush was Former First Lady. Barbra Bush was always involved with George H. W. Bush’s presidency. She is an independent and confident woman. She is 90 years old and born in Flushing, New York. He was a very religious

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    biggest terrorist disasters such as the fall of 911 held back on September 11, 2001. Facts have shown later former President George W. Bush is pointing to the resurgence of violence in Iraq as validating his belief that American troops should have stayed in that war-torn country instead of withdrawing in 2011. It’s publically rare in a policy matter from former president Bush, who has done very few interviews since leaving office in 2009 on the impact criticism who led the U.S. invasion in Iraq in

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